Acht klimaatslachtoffers, waaronder de Belg Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts (17), hebben een strafklacht ingediend tegen de top van oliebedrijf TotalEnergies. Benjamin verloor in 2021 zijn vriendin tijdens de waterbom in Wallonië. “Ze moeten gestopt worden.”

by tesrepurwash121810

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  1. Again: companies like Total energies would literally have 0 emissions if nobody bought their products. The only reason Total energies has such high emissions.is because people buy their products so they can burn them for energy.

    Probably including the guy the article is about. So kind of hypocritical to blame Total energies.

  2. I get the sentiment, but let’s be real. This is completely pointless.
    If we’re starting legal cases on the butterfly effect, let’s blame the Itialian government because Caesar brought new technologies when he conquered us.

  3. And that’s one reason why Shell loved it’s activities from The Netherlands to UK.

  4. My condolences to losing someone to a natural disaster but this lawsuit is really, really a far stretch.

    Why not go all-in and immediately go for the living relatives of the inventors of the steam engine and internal combustion engine? Looking at the greater picture they’re even more responsible for their indirect impact on worldwide CO2 emissions.

  5. Assuming Total has the required permits for their operations and as they are selling a legal product… yeah, good luck with that.

  6. I think if anything he should go after the government, right?

  7. This may sound out of proportion, but there are recent similar European case law…

    >VEVEY, Switzerland, April 12 (Reuters) – Stefanie Brander, one of the more than 2,000 women over 64 who won a court case against Switzerland over climate inaction, was on the frontlines of a protracted legal battle in which she said authorities showed little regard for the elderly plaintiffs.
    Europe’s top human rights court in Strasbourg ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat global warming.

    [source](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/switzerland-underestimated-elderly-women-climate-case-plaintiff-says-2024-04-12/)

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