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   From: california.stupid@latimes.com   
      
   On 15 Jun 2023, Rudy The Pedophile 2024    
   posted some news:u6g0a4$hd1s$6@dont-email.me:   
      
   > This is how mentally ill Democrats are.  They want this asshole as   
   > their president.   
      
   The state of California on Friday filed one of the most significant   
   cases against major oil companies for what it sees is their role in   
   perpetuating climate change.   
      
   The 135-page legal complaint, filed through the office of California   
   Attorney General Rob Bonta in San Francisco superior court, alleges that   
   five big oil companies along with the American Petroleum Institute, a   
   trade organization that represents them, orchestrated a decadeslong   
   disinformation campaign to hide the correlation between fossil fuel   
   production and climate change.   
      
   The state claims that this intentional cover-up has gone on since at   
   least the 1970s and has delayed the public’s response to climate change,   
   exacerbating extreme natural disasters and incurring tens of billions of   
   dollars in recovery costs.   
      
   The oil companies named as defendants are BP   
   , Chevron   
   , ConocoPhillips   
   , Exxon Mobil   
   , and Shell   
      
   . The state is seeking an abatement fund paid for by the defendants that   
   will finance recovery efforts for the future damage of human-caused   
   climate change. It also asks that the oil companies and their trade   
   group pay a share of the damages from extreme weather disasters worsened   
   by climate change.   
      
   It’s the latest in a slew of climate litigation against oil companies in   
   cities nationwide. But California’s entrance into this legal arena is   
   particularly damning.   
      
   The sheer number and magnitude of extreme weather events in California   
   means the oil companies face a heftier price tag in damages if they lose   
   the case than they might in smaller states.   
      
   “California getting involved is a big signal to other jurisdictions   
   around the country that they think this is a winning case,” said Korey   
   Silverman-Roati, a senior fellow at Columbia University’s Sabin Center   
   for Climate Change Law. “That could in turn motivate more people, more   
   states, more cities, more counties to file.”   
      
   The lawsuit is also notable for its timing. It comes after an April   
   Supreme Court ruling denied five oil companies’ appeals to have similar   
   cases heard in federal rather than state court. Federal appeals can   
   sometimes be “a quick path to dismissal,” according to Silverman-Roati,   
   but with this ruling the California suit will more likely remain on the   
   state level.   
      
   https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/18/california-sues-chevron-exxon-oil-giants-   
   on-climate-change-deception.html   
      
   Rob Bonta is the communist asshole who deliberately released private   
   data of California gun owners.   
      
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