Lawmakers hope to use this emerging climate science to charge oil companies for disasters
Briefly

A fast-emerging field of climate research can pinpoint how much of a natural disaster's cost can be linked to specific oil companies, driving state efforts for fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change impacts.
Advanced attribution science is enabling state lawmakers to draft policies charging companies like Exxon Mobil for their contribution to climate change, paving the way for litigation and policy precision.
State lawmakers are utilizing evolving attribution science to hold companies accountable for climate damages and have introduced climate Superfund bills to finance disaster recovery and sea-level rise preparation.
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