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It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change: For years, industry has argued you can’t prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise. (www.motherjones.com)

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The paper is here

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 20 points 2 months ago

Basically no insurer in the US underwrites home flood insurance. It's all a single federal program.

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