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Hank
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Hank asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Can people effected by Hurricane Katrina sue for Global Warming?

Do you think that New Orleans citizens ought to be able to sue large oil corporations for greenhouse gas emissions, which they claim would have added to the faster erosion of the earth’s ozone layer, therefore causing the weather to change at a faster and more ferocious rate, thus leading to the cause of Hurricane Katrina?

Personally my opinion is no; however, I’m curious as to other people’s opinions on the matter. Please explain why you do or do not think this is right.

Update:

Nathan: I would agree with you, but apparently there are really a couple of circuits out there right now passing these kinds of cases through to be tried. I would think they'd be thrown out too on frivolity, but they're not.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    global warming is a scam to create a new carbon tax

    Source(s): Engineers and Environmentalist at Energy Nuclear 1 facility in Arkansas
  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    the real answer isn't huge-unfold and beneficial too complicated to ever understand for beneficial yet even with the undeniable fact that we are in a position to make a especially solid wager. the two are probable accountable. Hurricanes are huge-unfold to bypass by cycles that final numerous many years and we are only leaving a quiescent era and beginning right into a extra lively era. even with the undeniable fact that we additionally understand that hurricanes get their potential from heat water and all of us understand that worldwide warming is heating the waters of the Gulf of Mexico so it extremely is probable that Katrina grow to be extra suited than it would have in any different case been without worldwide warming and it befell in any respect quite often via organic cycle of extra lively hurricanes we've entered. I anticipate we can proceed to work out further and extra helpful hurricanes sooner or later. there has been hurricane examine at present that got here across info that extra effective hurricane potential is correlated with extra effective worldwide temperatures. That info has been disputed yet maximum respected climate scientists think of the hyperlink is available if yet unproven.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You would have to prove that global warming was the cause of your losing your home and possessions and loved ones. You would have a hard time trying to prove the levee broke due to global warming and that was the blame of oil companies which you don't know was a fact. The cause was a structurally weak levee neglected for too long because no government official wanted to spend money to fix it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If they can figure out WHO to sue, they can go right ahead. Then the case will get thrown out with contempt, and they can pay all of the court costs and attorney's fees for both sides. Good plan.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No because they would have to prove Global Warming is truly Man Made and no one has been able to do so. It is still a theory until it is proven with real data.

    That will never happen.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, because global warming had nothing to do with it, and the oil companies certainly aren't at fault for any "global warming" that exists.

  • sue for a hurricane???are you crazy.....What about Andrews?Or David?Or the Hurricane that Hit New York in the 30's?

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    They should sue Al Gore for lying to them and stealing their money.

  • DAR
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    using what as proof?

    I'm sure the UN and IPCC would love to see it, their own evidence has been springing leaks, lately.

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