Tamara Toles O’Laughlin

TAMARA TOLES O’LAUGHLIN is the North America director for the global climate campaign 350.org.

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Big Oil Needs to Pay for the Damage It Caused

Put another way, those who made their money peddling fossil fuels—the executives and shareholders holding funds—owe something to those who got hurt. It’s not, in the bigger picture, all that different from the demand for reparations by African American descendants of slaves—claims that in recent months more than a few institutions have begun to pay, among a growing number of faith denominations, universities and politicians, including presidential candidates, have begun to publicly endorse.

December 9, 2019