Taking Big Oil to court for 'climate homicide' isn't as far-fetched as it sounds

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Taking Big Oil to court for 'climate homicide' isn't as far-fetched as it sounds

A new legal theory suggests that oil companies could be taken to court for every kind of homicide in the United States, short of first-degree murder. The idea of “climate homicide” is getting attention in law schools and district attorney’s offices around the country. A paper published in Harvard Environmental Law Review last week argues that fossil fuel companies have been “killing members of the public at an accelerating rate.” It says that oi…