fromLos Angeles Times
1 day agoContributor: Don't let lobbyists win a liability shield for Big Oil
In California and across the nation from Hawaii to Maine, a growing number of state and local governments are fighting in court to hold oil giants like Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell and BP accountable for their well-documented efforts to deceive the public about climate change and the "catastrophic events" and "more violent weather" their own scientists accurately predicted would result if the use of their fossil fuel products was not curbed.
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