A novel legal strategy represents a new front for the climate-change movement—if it holds up in court, @rossandersen.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/WtjyezsD
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Ross Andersen
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@theatlantic.comReposted by @rossandersen.bsky.social@rossandersen.bsky.social(3/3) The plaintiffs in these cases are asking for enormous damages—tens of billions of dollars, in many instances—and my story is about whether this (new-ish) field of research will be able to bear the scrutiny of that kind of high-stakes litigation.
@rossandersen.bsky.social(2/3) It’s the research that states and counties and cities all over America are using in the lawsuits that they’ve filed against the fossil fuel industry.
@rossandersen.bsky.social🧵 (1/3) For the past few months, I’ve been working on a big story about climate attribution research.
This is the science that purports to link specific oil companies to extreme weather events.