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#Terracide or #Ecocide is even worse, and the concepts of the latter are already being discussed among scholars.
I've long been arguing for holding #BigOill responsible, not just the managers, but also the corporations:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110680669265721701
Partially OWNING a legal entity through stock from a public stock exchange can never be a criminal offense, precept would nullify most of the Western world's order.
That, however, does not mean that a....
“For more than 50 years, #BigOilL has been lying to us — covering up the fact that they’ve long known how dangerous the fossil fuels they produce are for our planet,” Newsom said. “California taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill for billions of dollars in damages — wildfires wiping out entire communities, toxic smoke clogging our air, deadly heat waves, record-breaking droughts parching our wells.”
The state of California has filed a lawsuit against some of the world's largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels blamed for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of dollars in damage. The lawsuit filed in state court in San Francisco also seeks creation of a fund — financed by the companies — to pay for recovery efforts from those storms and fires. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron and other energy giants lied about the danger of fossil fuels for decades and taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for damages.
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