Climate change

The City’s case asks the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Clean Water Act and ensure EPA issues permits with clear instructions to prevent water pollution

City Attorney David Chiu issued statement during Climate Week regarding San Francisco’s litigation against fossil fuel companies

The decision rebuts PG&E’s attempt to eliminate competition and confirms that the City can continue to serve municipal energy customers without building costly, unnecessary equipment

Decision is a major blow to U.S. efforts to curb climate change, as reports warn immediate action is necessary to stave off disastrous impacts

City argues banning of toxic substance should be a top environmental justice priority

“We stand with science, and we will not relent in our fight to protect the environment for our children and the generations to come.”

“The Trump Administration tried to block decades of progress because it refused to accept science. It’s time to relegate that administration and its policies to the compost bin of history.”

“We will not let the Trump Administration block decades of progress because they refuse to accept science.”

“It is time for these companies to pay their fair share. They should not be able to stick taxpayers with the bill for the damage they knew they were causing.”

City Attorney’s response to EPA’s claims about San Francisco’s Clean Water Act compliance

Five major oil companies knew about the direct link between their products and the harmful and expensive impacts of climate change

City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit against the top five oil and gas companies in Sept. 2017 over costs of climate change

City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s statement in response to the climate change tutorial

Companies knew for decades that their products caused climate change and posed ‘catastrophic’ risk, but misled the public and continued to make enormous profits

City Attorney’s Office’s ‘national environmental leadership’ against global warming includes protecting Hetch Hetchy, supporting Obama EPA’s power plant regulations

Dismissing legal challenge to SFMTA’s pilot bus shuttle program as moot, S.F. Superior Court judge observes that plaintiffs would have failed anyway

Court grants City Attorney Herrera’s motion to dismiss bid by ‘Restore Hetch Hetchy’ to drain century-old reservoir, which provides water to more than 2.6 million residents