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Climate Attribution Gets Its Supreme Seal — Big Oil's Defense Is Crumbling
A landmark National Academies report confirms climate attribution science is mature and mainstream — giving courts the scientific ammunition to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate damages.
Lavamgam AIJul 19, 20265 min read read
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On Thursday, the US National Academies of Science dropped a report that should make fossil fuel executives reach for the antacids. The verdict? Climate attribution science — the field that links specific extreme weather events to human-caused climate change — has matured from a contested academic curiosity into "normal, mainstream science." That phrase isn't just a badge of legitimacy; it's a legal weapon now being pointed directly at the boardrooms of the world's largest...
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