California wants to seize oil majors’ profits as climate damages | California amended a lawsuit it filed against five western oil majors last year, hoping to seize “ill-gotten” gains from deception

https://gasoutlook.com/news/california-wants-to-seize-oil-majors-profits-as-climate-damages/

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motor_spirit@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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silence7@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's going to take increasing the size of the Supreme Court so that the judges who are bought off don't have the power to block it

motor_spirit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
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jumjummy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

Do Nestle and water profits next!

Seraph@fedia.io · 7 pts · 2y

Good make it national precedent!

PhineaZ@feddit.de · 0 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Heh. Now I don't think you're going to make a whole lot of friends seizing company assets, but this IS kinda funny.

Soup@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y

Oil and gas companies have already made themselves enemies of the planet and everyone on it so honestly they can fuck right off.

Kraiden@kbin.run · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Who's trying to make friends? Burn them at the fucking stake, I say!

TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

And contribute further to the climate crisis? No, break out the guillotines.

spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

What company assets are you even referring to? This is about seizing profits, you know like fines and taxes already do. I think you'd make a lot of friends seizing profits from these already subsidized companies that are doing great harm to the biosphere, but you do you.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
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