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#24: Hunter Pearl on climate litigation (5-22-19)

May 22, 2019

Hunter Pearl joins the show to discuss the trend of cities across the country suing producers of fossil fuels in an attempt to get fast cash. The team also dives into the potential harms of the practice known as atmospheric trust litigation, through which activist groups are seeking political change on climate through court order.

• Read more on atmospheric trust ligation: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/environmental-activism-by-court-order-the-dangerous-and-faulty-approach-of-atmospheric-trust-litigation/

• Read more on cities joining climate lawsuits:https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/climate-lawsuits-have-cities-seeing-green/