Authors of a paper accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law Review argue firms are ‘killing members of the public at an accelerating rate’.
Oil companies have come under increasing legal scrutiny and face allegations of defrauding investors, racketeering, and a wave of other lawsuits. But a new paper argues there’s another way to hold big oil accountable for climate damage: trying companies for homicide.
The striking and seemingly radical legal theory is laid out in a paper accepted for publication in the Harvard Environmental Law Review. In it, the authors argue fossil fuel companies “have not simply been lying to the public, they have been killing members of the public at an accelerating rate, and prosecutors should bring that crime to the public’s attention”.
“What’s on their ledger in terms of harm, there’s nothing like it in human history,” said David Arkush, the director of the climate program at consumer advocacy group Public Citizen and […]
I wish they would put Trump in prison for his terrible way of convincing people to do harm to others, like what happened in the Jan. 6 attempt to the takeover of congress.
Yale has been actively involved in Climate Change with two online sites for years. This is the first I’ve heard about Harvard and Climate. I suspect their investment portfolio is deeply connected to fossil fuels. So.I found this exciting. The institution has a long history of being deeply entrenched in the business world. They’ve been more traditional in that sense and so has their medical education, to say nothing about their environmental program vs that of Yale. That said, I haven’t tracked their traditional medical stance of late. But they always seemed to be lagging behind. Firmly rooted in big business in both areas. And Wall St. and many of America’s business leaders have long been educated at Harvard and remained connected. A sign of prestige.. of the Elite. So, Yay!
Note that this piece was printed in the UK media. I wonder how much traction this information received in US media?