silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-21 month agoUS Supreme Court to Hear Case on Louisiana’s Eroding Coast: Local governments are suing oil companies over environmental damage. Companies want the suits moved out of state courts to friendlier venuewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
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minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoThis is just so petty of these huge, extremely wealthy companies. It would cost them a pittance of their wealth to restore disturbed or removed wetlands. Doing so could even give them some “we’re a good neighbor” PR.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoThey really don’t want a precedent of being liable for environmental damage.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoPlus they’re of the “rather spend a million in court than spend a thousand on environmental mitigation” school of parasites.
This is just so petty of these huge, extremely wealthy companies. It would cost them a pittance of their wealth to restore disturbed or removed wetlands. Doing so could even give them some “we’re a good neighbor” PR.
They really don’t want a precedent of being liable for environmental damage.
Plus they’re of the “rather spend a million in court than spend a thousand on environmental mitigation” school of parasites.