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Originally Posted by
Syme
This is fine for when some chemical company is dumping dioxins that get into the local water supply or whatever, but how could local communities bringing suit under tort law--even with the loopholes sewed up--possibly address the problem of global warming due to greenhouse gases? Which are the gases at issue in the OP.
EDIT: Actually, even if all the loopholes can be closed, I would still say that communities bringing suit under tort law is a woefully inadequate method of stopping companies from polluting. But that's a topic for another thread.
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