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Extreme Weather Is Sending Home Insurance Rates Through the Roof; Big Oil Should Pay (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 6 hours ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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We and a growing number of lawmakers are proposing legislation to ensure that the companies that helped drive the climate crisis help pay their fair share of the ensuing damage.

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[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

It's hard to make someone pay after the fact.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Usually people cannot be prosecuted of things that were not crimes when they commited the thing.

[–] desiccated_event@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

And in that case, only the lawyers win. Remember there was a will that was battled for 190 years, iirc, in England and when it was settled, there wasn't anything left for the claimants.

[–] Retail4068@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The oil companies should pay for the damage they did heating homes at our request?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 31 minutes ago

No, the oil companies should pay for the damages they helped cover up