When it comes to the causes of global warming and climate change, there are many different theories. One theory is that the extraction, production, consumption, transportation, and exportation of fossil fuels are in part to blame (Judge Denies Motions). Many Democratic officials are accusing large companies in the oil industry, such as Exxon Mobil and Shell, of knowing the dangerous effects fossil fuels can have on the climate. The current claims are that these companies have known since the 1980s that the emission of fossil fuels can affect global warming. The accusations go even further stating these companies are lying to the public by withholding this information. This dispute is being compared to the Big Tobacco lawsuit in which the
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The students are suing the United States federal government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. The government is being blamed for allowing the oil companies to continue using and making the supposed dangerous fossil fuels. The judge in this case ruled against the oil companies’ and government’s motion to dismiss the case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin of the Federal District Court in Eugene, Oregon in deciding the case will proceed stated, “It may be that eventually the alleged harms, assuming the correctness of plaintiffs’ analysis of the impacts of global climate change, will befall all of us. But the intractability of the debates before Congress and state legislatures and the alleged valuing of short term economic interest despite the cost to human life, necessitates a need for the courts to evaluate the constitutional parameters of the action or inaction taken by the government (Judge Denies Motions).” This case will now be reviewed by Judge Ann Aiken, another judge in the same …show more content…
The oil companies are simply producing the material, but it is the population that is actually using them. We rely on the use of oil for transportation every single day, as do these government officials who are blaming the oil industry. How can the government attack these companies when in actuality the consumers could be the ones to blame? Since fossil fuels are depended on by so many, decreasing the consumption will be a hard task. The facts about the carbon dioxide pollution and the greenhouse gas emissions are not being hidden by the companies. “Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the ‘greenhouse effect’ (A Blanket Around the Earth).” These are details that have already been made known by scientists. The Department of Energy states that “energy efficiency is one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to combat climate change (Energy Efficiency).” Instead of taking the time and money to go to court, the money could be better spent on finding ways to decrease the
The students are suing the United States federal government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. The government is being blamed for allowing the oil companies to continue using and making the supposed dangerous fossil fuels. The judge in this case ruled against the oil companies’ and government’s motion to dismiss the case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin of the Federal District Court in Eugene, Oregon in deciding the case will proceed stated, “It may be that eventually the alleged harms, assuming the correctness of plaintiffs’ analysis of the impacts of global climate change, will befall all of us. But the intractability of the debates before Congress and state legislatures and the alleged valuing of short term economic interest despite the cost to human life, necessitates a need for the courts to evaluate the constitutional parameters of the action or inaction taken by the government (Judge Denies Motions).” This case will now be reviewed by Judge Ann Aiken, another judge in the same …show more content…
The oil companies are simply producing the material, but it is the population that is actually using them. We rely on the use of oil for transportation every single day, as do these government officials who are blaming the oil industry. How can the government attack these companies when in actuality the consumers could be the ones to blame? Since fossil fuels are depended on by so many, decreasing the consumption will be a hard task. The facts about the carbon dioxide pollution and the greenhouse gas emissions are not being hidden by the companies. “Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the ‘greenhouse effect’ (A Blanket Around the Earth).” These are details that have already been made known by scientists. The Department of Energy states that “energy efficiency is one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to combat climate change (Energy Efficiency).” Instead of taking the time and money to go to court, the money could be better spent on finding ways to decrease the