The problems is corporations have money for lawyers, scientists and publicists to prove they were not a fault and therefore not liable.
Take leaded gasoline or smoking for example. To prove these companies were in fact poisoning people took Herculean effort.
Or on the other side could I sue every Carbon emitter for the damage they are doing to the environment or sue a seismic company for causing damage to the migration pattern of Caribou.
The problem is that the government needs to define public good. You can't leave it for companies or courts
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