We and a growing number of lawmakers are proposing legislation to ensure that the companies that helped drive the climate crisis help pay their fair share of the ensuing damage.
We and a growing number of lawmakers are proposing legislation to ensure that the companies that helped drive the climate crisis help pay their fair share of the ensuing damage.
Good luck but I don’t see how you do this equitably. How do you definitively pin a weather event on global warming, decide on a contribution by fossil fuel provider but only for one you’re suing, and make it through the legal process to recover any appreciable amount?
I would rather see escrow/cleanup/penalties as consequences tied directly to emissions/pollution but that’s now political so I guess whatever we can do