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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
This might be one of the stupidest things I have ever read. The west coast has gone off the deep end and are in angry hobo in the street yelling territory.
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In the US, California cities and New York actually tried to sue oil companies for climate change damages but their cases were dismissed.
People like the Whistler Mayor should read the judgements, especially the part below:
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“Our industrial revolution and the development of our modern world has literally been fueled by oil and coal,” Alsup wrote. “Without those fuels, virtually all of our monumental progress would have been impossible. All of us have benefitted. Having reaped the benefit of that historic progress, would it really be fair to now ignore our own responsibility in the use of fossil fuels and place the blame for global warming on those who supplied what we demanded? Is it really fair, in light of those benefits, to say the sale of fossil fuels was unreasonable? “Nuisance suits in various United States judicial districts regarding conduct worldwide are far less likely to solve the problem and, indeed, could interfere with reaching a worldwide consensus. The problem deserves a solution on a more vast scale than can be supplied by a district judge or jury in a public nuisance case.”
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https://e360.yale.edu/digest/califor...-oil-companies