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Camacho & Glicksman on The Polluter-Pays Principle and its Enemies
Alejandro E. Camacho (UCLA School of Law; Center for Progressive Reform) and Robert L. Glicksman (George Washington University - Law School) have posted The Polluter-Pays Principle and its Enemies: Corporate Fraud, Weaponizing Preemption, and the Survival of Climate Accountability (University of Chicago Law Review Online, forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: State and local governments across the United States have filed suit in state courts against major fossil fuel companies, seeking compensation for climate-related damage to their infrastructure, public resources, and communities.