Taking Big Oil to court for 'climate homicide' isn't as far-fetched as it sounds
Scholars are making the case that fossil fuel companies could be charged with murder. Prosecutors are paying attention.
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Scholars are making the case that fossil fuel companies could be charged with murder. Prosecutors are paying attention.
Four Democratic senators are demanding the Justice Department sue the fossil fuel industry for its decades-long "campaign to mislead consumers and discredit climate science in pursuit of massive profits."
Senators are demanding the DOJ sue the oil industry for its decades-long "campaign to mislead consumers and discredit climate science in pursuit of massive profits."
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In a landmark case, she ruled in 2006 that cigarette companies had been deceiving the public about the health hazards of smoking, violating racketeering laws.