Nearly 200 groups implore congressional Democrats to resist the industry's efforts.

As fossil fuel interests attack climate accountability litigation, environmental advocates have sounded a new warning that they are pursuing a path that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.

Nearly 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to “proactively and affirmatively” reject potential industry attempts to obtain immunity from litigation.

“We have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to…shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,” reads a letter to Congress on Wednesday. It was signed by 195 environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and Sunrise Movement; legal nonprofits including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice; and dozens of other organizations.

  • earphone843English
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    1 day ago

    Sugar is actually super cheap, relatively. Especially if you’re talking about corn based sugars. Gotta love corn subsidies.

    I would have said that, but I seem to remember reading that sugar isn’t as big of a deal as TV made it seem.

    • HellsBelleOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I dunno. In my bad youth we managed to seize a nasty person’s engine using sugar. But that was back in the 70’s with leaded gas.

      I would think it would mess things up still tho. Canada’s oil is heavy crude and needs additives to flow (esp in cold weather). Once the oil has passed through the pipeline and enters the refinery it is heated, which would dissolve the sugar. Then further refining occurs with pressure and heat, etc.

      I’m assuming testing would occur at each stage to verify the chemical composition, but as the sugar crystals would remain solid untill heated it ‘might’ make it to the refinery.