April 1, 2026
Big Oil companies have been lobbying Congress for immunity from climate accountability laws and lawsuits. If they succeed, communities would lose access to the courts and the right to recover climate-related costs from the oil and gas companies most responsible for this crisis. Earlier this winter, 350 Seattle, Puget Sound Sage, and over a hundred allies rallied outside the Federal Building before delivering over 4,000 petition signatures demanding Senator Murray protect the people’s ability to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in the climate crisis.
Debolina Banerjee, Sage’s Senior Climate Policy Manager spoke during the rally, “Across Washington and around the world, Black, Brown, Indigenous, rural, and working‑class communities—those least responsible for climate change—are bearing its deadliest consequences. From heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and power outages to rising seas forcing Tribes and island nations from their homelands, the damage is undeniable and growing. Our communities are not disposable, and justice means Big Oil cannot walk away from the harm it has caused. There must be no immunity, only accountability.”