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  • Hurricane Katrina victims to sue greenhouse gas emitters

    03/03/2010 9:43:40 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 49 replies · 1,003+ views
    news.com.au ^ | March 4, 2010
    VICTIMS of Hurricane Katrina from Mississippi are seeking to sue carbon gas-emitting multinationals for helping fuel global warming and boosting the devastating 2005 storm, legal documents showed. The class action suit brought by residents from southern Mississippi, which was ravaged by hurricane-force winds and driving rains, was first filed just weeks after the August 2005 storm hit. "The plaintiffs allege that defendants' operation of energy, fossil fuels, and chemical industries in the United States caused the emission of greenhouse gasses that contributed to global warming," say the documents, seen by AFP. The increase in global surface air and water temperatures...