Greenpeace’s Ebony Martin in Salon, May 13, 2023, argues that corporations routinely cause chemical spills and other public health threats with impunity as they use the legal system to silence anyone criticizing them. Through the use of SLAPPs, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, the fossil fuel industry has attacked over 150 individuals and organizations in the last 10 years. Martin wants Congress to enact Representative Jaime Raskin’s bipartisan legislation that protects the right to challenge corporations over matters of health and safety.
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