NY State alleges ExxonMobil knew risks of climate change and defrauded investors

Re:NY State alleges ExxonMobil knew risks of climate change ... by perfunctory on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:51AM (#20651649)

“What we are facing now is a person whose crime dwarfs all of the crimes ever committed in human history. We were unable to find a single law applicable to his crime. So we recommend that the crime of Extinction of Life on Earth be added to international law, and that Rey Diaz be tried under it.”

— Cixin Liu, The Dark Forest

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Re:NY State alleges ExxonMobil knew risks of climate change ... by rebuilder on Friday August 09, 2019 @03:58AM (#20652170)

Retroactive legislation is usually frowned upon or outright banned in many jurisdictions.

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Re:NY State alleges ExxonMobil knew risks of climate change ... by patientplatypus on Friday August 09, 2019 @05:00AM (#20652490)

I believe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity is literally true in this case.

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Re:NY State alleges ExxonMobil knew risks of climate change ... by GabrielMtn on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:12AM (#20652236)

Criminal negligence then? Sedition? They internally predicted catastrophic damage to society. It is obscene.

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Re:NY State alleges ExxonMobil knew risks of climate change ... by ausbah on Friday August 09, 2019 @08:13AM (#20653570)

For some context, in the novel Rey Diaz tried to hold back a alien invasion by threatening to blow the whole solar system into the sun with nuclear weapons.

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