CLIMATE ONE: Oil and Opioids on Trial
Tobacco, drug, gun and fossil fuel companies have all been brought into court for knowingly causing public harm with their products. Should corporations be held liable for harmful outcomes like mass shootings, the opioid crisis, and climate change?
Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
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Show Notes
Tobacco companies, opioid suppliers, gun manufacturers and the fossil fuel industry -- all have been brought under fire, and into the courts, for knowingly causing public harm, and even death, with their products. Should corporations be held liable for harmful outcomes like mass shootings, the opioid crisis, and climate change? We all benefit from the energy fossil fuels provide, from the lights we turn on to around-the-world airline flights. How much responsibility falls on the product, and how much on the user?
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