✊🏽 In a major victory for Indigenous and environmental rights, the Aotearoa (New Zealand) Supreme Court is letting a Māori elder sue seven of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the country - five fossil fuel companies and two dairy companies.
Following the Civil Rights Movement, Southern power companies funneled millions of dollars to Black leaders and organizations, fostering seemingly loyal industry advocates but sparking questions about financial influence and compromised social justice missions.
"...the company described the #Duwamish River as 'a natural collector for Boeing’s fluid wastes' in a 1950 magazine article Boeing produced for its employees. #Boeing said at the time that it had a handle on the situation — asserting, for example, that some of its most volatile waste would be neutralized by chemicals released by other polluters"
Fossil fuel subsidies hit a record $7 trillion last year (7% of global GDO) according to the IMF.
In other news...
Economists expose costs of emissions: the damage caused when publicly traded companies emit #greenhouse gases is equivalent — on average — to about 44% of their operating profits.
There ought to be a law that if a #company creates product packaging that can't be #recycled, it has to take that packaging back free of charge and deal with it. #CorporateAccountability