[news] Exxon Let Off the Hook: Systemic Discrimination in the Supreme Court

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that literally punishes Alaska Natives for the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. The court told the company that they now only have to pay a tenth of the $5 billion in punitive damages that were awarded by a jury 14 years ago.

"Exxon knew this would happen"...  


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