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by amatai
3198 days ago
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This is ridiculous case
- lets sue sugar manufacturing for making sugar, which caused us to gain weight and other over weight related problems.
- heck, lets sue the farmer that grew the sugarcane and beet that were used to manufacture sugar. The lawyers of Oakland and SF don't drive cars? Or travel on planes? If the intention is to put pressure on the Oil companies to stop lobbying against clean energy - I don't think, this is the right approach. |
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Didn't we do exactly that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugary_drink_tax
This is also done for other things like having tobacco companies or alcohol companies finance health care and treatment programs.
Actually, for oil companies that is not even new. They usually pay quite a bit to account for the local damage they cause to the environment, so adding global damages as well seems very reasonable.
The only weird thing is why Oakland and SF are suing and not, say the federal government or the UN.