An MNC is the target of a civil claim for its role in #climateChange. It is #Holcim (which bought Lafarge in 2015, just after the bribes to the terrorist organisation "Islamic State").
The Cantonal Court of Zug has ruled "that the court costs and lawyers' fees will be borne by the State."
The chilling effect of a #SCOTUS that defends #polluters, even as Americans suffer chronic health conditions and early death from #pollution.
After a lawsuit was filed, the #EPA dropped an investigation into Louisiana for discriminating against black people in their oversight of industrial pollution.
Hollandse Kust Zuid is in the #NorthSea, 18-36 kilometers (11-22 miles) off the Dutch coast between the towns of Scheveningen and Zandvoort. It’s jointly owned by Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz."
@CelloMomOnCars If they're privately owned it's like shooting yourself in the foot. They should be state facilities.
#BASF are one of the worst polluters ever. #Vattenfall has a history of #Nuclear and #Fossil power generation. #Allianz is an insurance pirate and huge hedge fund exploiter. Basically the wind farm gig has been handed to the very worst #polluters and #capitalists who caused the problems in the first place. We have the same problem in #Scotland.
What if companies had to pay for the problems their carbon emissions cause? Their profits would plunge, according to new estimates, possibly wiping out trillions in financial gains....
GHG emissions' #polluters: Emissions generated based on Income data from 1990 -2019 -incl. income tied to emissions re to the op. of a bus +income, such as from investments -supported services or products from those IDUs -found those in the top 10%: resp. for 40% of the US' GHS emissions -top 1%: 15-17%, with investment holdings making up 38-42%.
Super-emitters are the top 0.1%, ~15 days of emissions = to a lifetime of emissions for someone in the poorest 10% in America. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/17/greenhouse-emissions-income-inequality/
Climate change is an immediate threat to the majority of the world's population.
We need a local, regional, state, national, and international "moon shot" type of concentration of effort using available resources while developing and advancing new science and technologies to counteract the damage humans have caused.
Without this type of all-out, universal cooperation, human civilization, and perhaps humanity itself, are in imminent danger of extinction.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #solutions to #ClimateChange include producing and consuming less.
#Corporations are the worst #polluters because they #manufacture demand and need (e.g. planned obsolescence), then recklessly #pollute to meet that artificially inflated "need" for goods.
We must decrease our individual #consumerism while also forcing #businesses to stop polluting.
Ending #corporate#pollution and our rampant consumption are both required, and more.
“#ClimateChange is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning. It is still possible to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels], and avoid the very worst of climate change. But only with dramatic, immediate #ClimateAction.”
[Analysis] The true cost of climate pollution? 44% of corporate profits. Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for fossil fuels. (grist.org)
What if companies had to pay for the problems their carbon emissions cause? Their profits would plunge, according to new estimates, possibly wiping out trillions in financial gains....