Gough
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- Sep 29, 2006
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Big oil and gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price
With an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for the environmental devastation caused by fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
It's become clear that these companies knew the damage their products were causing and not only did they not do anything about it, they actively tried to prevent and discredit people from taking action against them. Should they be held liable under either civil or criminal code for the damage they have knowingly caused?