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Column argues polluters should pay climate change costs
Original: Counterpoint: Those causing climate change should help cover its costs
A MinnPost opinion piece argues that those responsible for causing climate change should help cover its costs. The counterpoint column joins a long-running debate over whether major emitters, from fossil fuel companies to high-emitting countries, should bear financial responsibility for damages such as extreme weather, flooding and rising adaptation expenses increasingly borne by taxpayers and vulnerable communities.
Why now: Ongoing global debate over climate reparations and making polluters pay for climate damages keeps the idea in public discussion.
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