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Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change

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Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 7 months ago

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Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.

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14•7 months ago
Anyone wanna guess how long it’ll be until this law is challenged in court?
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  I’m shocked it hasn’t already happened.

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