紐約市爲遏制全球變暖要與5大石油公司對薄公堂

New York City is making a move against the fossil fuel industry on two fronts.

Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday the city is suing five big oil companies for global warming and divesting $5 billion in oil investments from the city's pension funds.

The mayor compared the oil companies to cigarette manufacturers, who knowingly made and marketed a product they knew was deadly.

Three of the five companies the city is suing -- Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell -- said the lawsuit has no merit and that the courtroom is not the place to fight global warming. BP and ConocoPhillips declined to comment.

Mayor de Blasio and City Comptroller Scott Stringer also announced plans to sell off $5 billion in fossil fuel investments from the city's $189 billion pension fund for employees.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced similar plans for the state pension funds last month.

Several other U.S. and European cities, universities and global funds have also sold off their oil company interests.紐約市在兩條戰線向礦物燃料產業開戰。

民主黨籍的紐約市長白思豪(Bill de Blasio)星期三宣佈，紐約市政府控告5大石油公司對全球變暖負有責任，並賣掉紐約市退休基金中50億美元的石油產業股份。

白思豪市長將石油公司比作菸草公司。菸草公司被指明知他們的產品有致命危險但仍然繼續製造和銷售。

被紐約市起訴的5家石油公司中，雪佛龍、埃克森美孚和殼牌三家公司說，訴訟沒有道理，法庭不是抗擊全球變暖的場所。英石油和康菲公司拒絕發表意見。

紐約市長白思豪和紐約市主計長斯靜格（Scott Stringer）還宣佈，從紐約市1890億美元的僱員退休基金中出售在礦物燃料產業的50億美元投資。

紐約州長科莫上個月宣佈對州政府僱員退休基金做同樣的調整。

美國和歐洲的一些城市、大學和全球基金也拋售了對石油公司的投資。