Who are we?
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We're holding Big Oil accountable for the damage they’ve done to our health, communities, and the climate.
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Big Oil has known about climate change since the 1970s.
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Climate damages are already costing the U.S. nearly $1 trillion a year.
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Americans are paying higher prices for home insurance, their electricity bills, and responding to extreme weather events, while the industry rakes in massive profits.
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It's time to level the playing field.
Join us and help make polluters pay!
Why did we come together? → Our communities are paying the price for Big Oil’s climate damages and deception. Our neighbors are losing their homes, and sometimes even their lives, to fires, floods, and extreme heat. Cities and states are spending billions to respond to non stop climate disasters and extreme weather events. But instead of paying their fair share for the damage they’ve caused, fossil fuel companies continue to rake in massive profits at our expense.
How do we know we can be successful? → There is a growing global effort to hold Big Oil accountable for their climate disinformation and the damage they’re doing. Two states, Vermont and New York, have already passed “climate superfund” bills that will make oil and gas companies pay for climate damages, and more than a dozen states are pursuing similar legislation. 46 states, cities, and municipalities, representing more than a quarter of the U.S. population, are also suing fossil fuel companies for fraud and climate damages. Around the world, many countries and communities are pursuing similar strategies.
Modeled on the Truth Campaign that went after Big Tobacco, Make Polluters Pay is building a groundswell of public support behind legal and political efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for climate damages.
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