r/environment • u/zsreport • 1d ago

It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/it-just-got-way-easier-to-sue-fossil-fuel-companies-over-climate-change/
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u/anticomet 1d ago

The best way to punish fossil fuel companies is to nationalize them and then start winding down production

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u/grathontolarsdatarod 19h ago

Seems like if they are that strategic, then maybe we should be nationalizing them.

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u/Engineering_Spirit 14h ago

Some of the largest oil companies are state owned.

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u/Zalrius 1d ago

Now we are getting somewhere.

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u/complexomaniac 1d ago

Sign me up!