Nice video above for anyone that needs a thumbnail reference to the criminal activity of the fossil fuel industry in misinforming about climate change, and its war on science writ large.
Video centers on the lawsuit filed by the State of California against the oil majors which seeks to hold them responsible for climate damages in the way that Tobacco Companies were held responsible for health damages. A victory against tobacco took decades and a number of failed attempts, but resulted in enormous damage awards.
We’ve seen quixotic efforts in this space, famously brought by children (kids in the State of Montana won a case that is currently under appeal) – but this isn’t a bunch of kids, this is the 5th largest economy in the world stepping up.
Could People of the State of California v. Big Oil be the breakthrough in the climate space? And if so, how does one even begin to calculate the damages that must be awarded, and how to distribute them?
Whatever the decision in this case, it’s clear that the noose is tightening on Big Fossil, and certainly as younger generations take over, who will be feeling, seeing, and tallying the damages even more clearly, this bill is going to come due in a big way.
OK, they knew.
Can you imagine what America would look like today had we started shutting down domestic energy production starting in the 50’s or 60’s? We’d be speaking Russian today.
No, not enough fear mongering in that statement. We’d be speaking a Russian-Chinese dialect. Thats the ticket.
Excellent. Thanks for the news!
Minor nit: “its war” not “it’s”!