Fueled By Climate Change, Hurricanes Are Causing Industrial Accidents. Who's Liable?
Fueled by climate change, hurricanes are becoming stronger and more frequent. Those storms have repeatedly led to spills and fires at chemical manufacturing plants along the Gulf Coast.
But can companies \u2014 and the people who work for them \u2014 be held responsible or even sent to prison for failing to adequately prepare for climate change?
NPR's Rebecca Hersher reported on that question, which is at the center of a recent lawsuit.
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