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Scale of climate damages could dwarf tobacco lawsuits
2016-06-21 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: As ExxonMobil case divides US top lawyers, campaigners advise governments to take on fossil fuel interests or face court themselves Fatuma lost 190 sheep and goats and 23 cattle because of the 2015 Ethiopian drought. She now has 10 goats and sheep and 2 cattle. (Pic: Abiy Getahun/Oxfam) Governments will face rising demands for climate compensation unless they crack down on coal, oil and gas companies operating within their authority That was the conclusion of a report by Australia-based...
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