April 23, 2025, 11:22 am
A new study alleges that the world’s biggest companies are to blame for a staggering $28 trillion in climate damage. While numbers shock and regulators frown, critics couldn’t help but note the irony of corporate power clashing with environmental responsibility.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part of an effort to make it easier for people and governments to hold companies financially accountable, like the tobacco giants have been. A Dartmouth College research team...
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