Climate Change12 Jun 2019 01:43
First it was Swedish school girl .. now lawyers are at it.
Oil majors inundated with climate lawsuits. A growing number of cities and states are filing lawsuits against the oil majors, seeking damages related to climate change. For instance, the city of Baltimore wants damages related to the ballooning cost of retrofitting storm drains. San Francisco wants money to build a seawall. The FT reports that the litigation resembles the strategy against Big Tobacco. “They are frightened at the prospect of liability at what they have done, and they are scared of courts,” Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D) said.