Legal battle between farmer and energy giant could have global implications: 'A strong precedent'

Legal battle between farmer and energy giant could have global implications: 'A strong precedent'

Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya and global energy giant RWE have finally begun a landmark legal case that can set a precedent on corporate climate accountability.  Reuters detailed that oral hearings were held in Hamm, Germany, in March, marking the beginning of a legal battle that's a decade in the making. Lliuya, a farmer from Huaraz, Peru, filed a lawsuit against RWE, a German electric power company, in 2015.  Lliuya said that RWE has gen…