MSNBC MTP Daily September 17, 2019 21:33:00
Biggest fights on the issue of who pays for this climate change issue. rhode island is suing 21 oil and gas companies for damages related to climate change. you know the names, chevron, shell, exxon, bp, all of them are included in this lawsuit now, the lawsuit claims that not only did those companies contribute to climate change, which has eroded infrastructure and damaged portions of the local environment, but that it did it knowing about the climate change risks and they did it anyway and that is the crux of rhode island's public nuisance legal argument you can call it a first of its kind l...