A coalition of commercial fishers has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco that holds 30 fossil fuel firms , including BP , Chevron , Shell and others , accountable for losses to their industry resulting from climate change . rather the job of the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. The lawsuit refers to the closing of crab fishing waters within the last four years due to algae blooms in the warming Pacific . The case , which seeks damages on behalf of crab fishers and communities in California and Oregon , alleges that such closures will continue due to global warming . The lawsuit is unusual in climate litigation , in that it pits one party against another .
A coalition of commercial fishers has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco that holds 30 fossil fuel firms , including BP , Chevron , Shell and others , accountable for losses to their industry resulting from climate change . The lawsuit refers to the closing of crab fishing waters within the last four years due to algae blooms in the warming Pacific . The case , which seeks damages on behalf of crab fishers and communities in California and Oregon , alleges that such closures will continue due to global warming . The lawsuit is unusual in climate litigation , in that it pits one party against another .