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The goal of these organisations is to end US coal exports, and that they will abuse the court system with any vexatious lawsuit they can dream up. They had the
by AmericanChopper 9y ago
The goal of these organisations is to end US coal exports, and that they will abuse the court system with any vexatious lawsuit they can dream up. They had the opportunity to present evidence to support their claim that shipping coal through the city posed any health risk to the community, and they failed to produce any evidence to that effect.
- manicdee 9y agoThey did produce documentstion to that effect, but Tagami claimed thst using these brand new whizzo coal car covers, no dust would escape (despite having no evidence to support that claim). The judge basically ruled thst since the report didn't perform a comparison to other sources of pollution, that it was not relevant. Which I guess is fine if you regard deaths from lung cancer as a statistical measure rather than preventable losses.