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A fast-emerging field of climate research is helping scientists pinpoint just how many dollars from a natural disaster can be tied to the historic emissions of individual oil companies — analysis that is the centerpiece of new state efforts to make fossil fuel companies pay billions for floods, wildfires and heat waves. When a flood […] The post Lawmakers hope to use this emerging climate science to charge oil companies for disasters appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.

For the first time, some state lawmakers are trying to turn that advanced modeling into policy.

A fast-emerging field of climate research is helping scientists pinpoint just how many dollars from a natural disaster can be tied to the historic emissions of individual oil companies — analysis that is the centerpiece of new state efforts to make fossil fuel companies pay billions for floods, wildfires and heat waves. When a flood […] The post Lawmakers hope to use this emerging climate science to charge oil companies for disasters appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.

Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney have proposed legislation to extend compensation to people exposed to fallout after U.S. weapons tests, but some advocates say it undermines a broader bill.

Instead of hazardous waste, this “Superfund” would clean up the mess left by climate-induced storms, floods and heat waves created by fossil fuel companies.