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Strong suits: climate litigation

The Intelligence from The Economist

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Sewing Corporates for Omissions

The arguments are many and diverse. People are sewing fossil fuel companies for failing to properly inform the public of the risks of climate change at a time when they were aware of them. Companies are being sued for damages. This type of case gets a lot of attention, in part because the parallels are being drawn between sewing corporates for omissions to day and sewing big tobacco several decades ago.

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