For decades, the most effective defense of oil companies against the climate emergency was a seemingly reasonable phrase: no one can show that a hurricane, a flood, a heat wave or a concrete fire has been caused by its emissions.The climate was global, the catastrophes were local and, between the two extremes, a space of uncertainty was opened wide enough for responsibility to evaporate.That space is beginning to close.Tags: attribution, climate…
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For decades, the most effective defense of oil companies against the climate emergency was a seemingly reasonable phrase: no one can show that a hurricane, a flood, a heat wave or a concrete fire has been caused by its emissions.The climate was global, the catastrophes were local and, between the two extremes, a space of uncertainty was opened wide enough for responsibility to evaporate.That space is beginning to close.Tags: attribution, climate…