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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Lawsuit aims to hold oil companies responsible for Hurricane Maria devastation.

    How a small-town lawyer is using the RICO Act, a law designed to go after the mafia, to sue oil companies. She says they knew fossil fuels were causing climate change and hid the info.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 26, 2023 • 1 min read

    How a small-town lawyer is using the RICO Act, a law designed to go after the mafia, to sue oil companies. She says they knew fossil fuels were causing climate change and hid the info.

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Nothing compares to Sinéad O’Connor: Singer dies at 56
    1. 0:00Why Harvard’s legacy admissions could be expelled
    2. 13:05Lawsuit aims to hold oil companies responsible for Hurricane Maria devastation.You’re reading this
    3. 24:16‘Lazy girl job’ is actually about rethinking work-life balance
    4. 33:49Replay: Sinéad O’Connor: After protesting child abuse, the star gets canceled
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