Posted on 04/30/2021 3:50:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Anne Arundel County has filed a lawsuit against more than two dozen fossil fuel companies over the costs of dealing with the fallout of climate change.
“Filing this suit is about protecting our taxpayers and businesses from the growing fiscal impacts of climate change,” County Executive Steuart Pittman (D) said in a statement. “The damage inflicted by these companies damages our environment, and creates massive costs that shouldn’t be borne on the backs of our residents.”
The lawsuit seeks to help Anne Arundel County recover damages from companies whose “decades of deception” is harming land and infrastructure in the county, officials said. It cites the local effects of climate change, including the threats that sea level rise, flooding, and inundation pose to thousands of residents and homes across the county.
The county has about 530 miles of shoreline.
Anne Arundel County Attorney Gregory J. Swain said “the complaints are similar” to a lawsuit filed against fossil fuel companies by the City of Annapolis in February. The county is using the same law firm as the city, Swain added.
The lawsuit looks for compensatory and punitive damages, and includes public-nuisance and other claims. The suit names 26 plaintiffs, including industry giants BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell Oil, Citgo and the American Petroleum Institute.
(Excerpt) Read more at marylandmatters.org ...
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Global Warming PING!
Well they do tax you on rain runoff from your roof.
What are the actual damages their seeking to recover money for? Bad weather?
Like suing bullet companies over the heat they produce when fired - adds to global warming.
The companies should immediately cease all deliveries of fossil fuel products and derivatives to these turds.
Shut off all fossil fuel deliveries in the entire county until this is settled.
The companies should immediately cease all deliveries of fossil fuel products and derivatives to these turds.
Seems that would solve two problems rather nicely.
I thought this would start in January
We have money to burn...
Apparently
Lol. People who buy and use gasoline are complicit. Arundell should be sued.
Who are they going to sue when they are freezing in the dark?
I would say that she has no standing, as she cannot even tell us how her charges could be proven. But, some might rebut this, by saying that she, like a farmer, is out standing in her field!
Same law firm.
It’s a scam.
If the judges are not corrupt and the industries being sued had a spine this could be used to show the emptiness of the global warming claims in a legal case.
But it’s typical left wing shake down.
Does this mean we can sue Democrats for destroying cities?
Today.
Oh, yeah, she... is a county. Still, no standing, even in that field.
All it takes is a jury full of emotionally fragile morons. I believe this kind of jury is commonly known as a “jury”.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.