The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Being Turned Against Big Oil

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Cities in New Jersey and Puerto Rico say oil companies are behind a conspiracy to deceive the public.

for updating local infrastructure to withstand stronger storms, rising seas, and other effects of climate change.

accused Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and other fossil fuel companies of violating the federal RICO law. The towns seek to make companies pay billions of dollars for the extensive damages suffered during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017.Both lawsuits argue that evidence of a conspiracy traces back to 1989, just as governments around the world started talking about reining in global warming.

of getting a majority of Americans to recognize “that significant uncertainties exist in climate science,” declaring that “victory will be achieved” when uncertainty became part of the “conventional wisdom.

 

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