Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey speaks at a 2016 news conference. Photo credit: Mike Segar/REUTERS/Newscom
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) speaks at a 2016 news conference with other attorneys general to announce a state-based effort to combat climate change. Mike Segar/Reuters/Newscom
In courtrooms across the country, a battle is heating up over whether fossil fuel firms should be held financially responsible for the local impacts of climate change.
Since 2017, five states and more than a dozen municipalities have sued oil and gas supermajors over their contribution to — and alleged deception about — the catastrophic effects of global warming.