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California wants to seize oil majors’ profits as climate damages | California amended a lawsuit it filed against five western oil majors last year, hoping to seize “ill-gotten” gains from deception (gasoutlook.com)
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[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

fuckin love this idea, I'll nut for the fallen if this gains some traction 🤌

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's going to take increasing the size of the Supreme Court so that the judges who are bought off don't have the power to block it

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Ah, fuck yeah reality lol 😄

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Do Nestle and water profits next!

[–] Seraph@fedia.io 7 points 5 months ago

Good make it national precedent!

[–] PhineaZ@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Heh. Now I don't think you're going to make a whole lot of friends seizing company assets, but this IS kinda funny.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Oil and gas companies have already made themselves enemies of the planet and everyone on it so honestly they can fuck right off.

[–] Kraiden@kbin.run 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Who's trying to make friends? Burn them at the fucking stake, I say!

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

And contribute further to the climate crisis? No, break out the guillotines.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

What company assets are you even referring to? This is about seizing profits, you know like fines and taxes already do. I think you'd make a lot of friends seizing profits from these already subsidized companies that are doing great harm to the biosphere, but you do you.