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    Commentary: Will courts hold oil companies accountable for climate change disasters?

    by Jason Mark, Los Angeles Times Apr 24, 2018 4 minutes

    The attorney for Chevron Oil was attempting a classic bit of courtroom performance: Offer a stunning admission - then make a protest of innocence.

    "Chevron accepts the scientific consensus regarding climate change," Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., an attorney for the California-based oil giant, said last month at the Federal District Courthouse in San Francisco. Then he dodged blame, telling the court that it's not energy companies driving global warming, but "how people are leading their lives."

    That scene encapsulates the central argument coming soon to courtrooms across the country: Who is responsible for the destructive effects of climate change - the

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