Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial.
The City and County of Honolulu “seek to impose liability on a small group of Defendants for what Plaintiffs label the ‘cascading social, economic, and other consequences’ of global climate change,” according to a memorandum in support of the motion.
The defendants are made up of a number of leading energy companies including Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Conoco, Marathon, and Phillips 66 to name a few.
The memorandum said that the plaintiffs’ complaint “is fatally flawed in numerous respects,” but that “one glaring defect jumps off the face of virtually every page: Hawai‘i’s two-year statute of limitations bars Plaintiffs’ claims.”
The plaintiffs’ 2020 complaint itself “alleges that by the 1960s fossil fuels’ link to potentially ‘disastrous global warming’ became the subject of widespread public concern.”
Additionally, “as early as 2001, Honolulu’s Mayor publicly accused the energy industry of engaging in a campaign of climate deception – the same allegation that forms the basis of the [plaintiffs’] Complaint filed almost twenty years later,” the memorandum said.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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