Puerto Rican Cities Sue Fossil Fuel Companies in Major Class-Action, Climate Fraud Case

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By Dana DrugmandDec 2, 2022, 9:25 pm243 pts
Nearly 25 years ago, oil major Shell predicted in an internal 1998 report that a class-action lawsuit would be brought against fossil fuel companies following “a series of violent storms.” That prediction is finally coming true: A group of Puerto Rican communities, which were ravaged by Hurricanes Irma and…

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