The “Global Warming” Insurance Claim (Let the lawsuits begin!)

Claims Magazine ^ | August 2008 issue | Suzanne Badawi

[theBuckwheat]

Scientists have been warning us about the devastating impact global warming could have if human-made greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced, and many believe that these impacts are being felt now. Because of this sense of urgency to reverse global warming, pressure has been mounting on the three branches of government at state and national levels to take action to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, corporations that emit greenhouse gases, ranging from energy companies to toymakers, are becoming increasingly exposed to regulatory orders and lawsuits for which they will tender claims to their insurers. Enter an era of “global warming” insurance claims.

In this article, we’ll focus on the global warming phenomenon, how it will trigger insurance claims, and whether such claims are excluded under a typical “absolute pollution exclusion” found in commercial general liability (CGL) policies.

[theBuckwheat]

Discovery should be a hoot, complete with dueling experts.

[theBuckwheat]

Title mangeled by HTML “helper”: The “Global Warming” Insurance Claim.

[steelyourfaith]

Cool.

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Sgt_Schultze]

This is going to be great!

In due course, the MSM will be called to account for their profligate and massive carbon jackboot print. The papers use massive quantities of newsprint - the most polluting industry around. And the electronic versions consume massive amounts of electricity producing and disseminating their services. And just think how much plastic and electricity and transportation just a single motion picture consumes from storyboard to cinema.

[nesnah]

We can only hope that they outlaw dihydrogen oxide as a result since it is a much more abundant greenhouse gas.

[4woodenboats]

The phenomenon commonly referred to as “global warming” comes from greenhouse gas emissions. Emitted from the combustion of non-renewable sources of energy, greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, causing a rise in the earth’s average temperature. The principal greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. Most of our energy demands are met by the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Not surprisingly, carbon dioxide is the most prevalent greenhouse gas released by humans.

Suzy needs to check her facts. There is not one source of energy on that list that is non renewable, nor is there any definitive data proving the earth is being warmed by their release, rather than solar activity and weather trends such as el nino.

[Publius6961]

The principal greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases.

If she can't get the basics right, what's the point in reading further?

By far, the largest greenhouse "gas" is water vapor.
Second place is not even close.