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Utah enacted a first-in-the-nation law protecting companies from being held liable for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions, a move that comes just a few months after a legal challenge was brought against the state’s fossil fuel industry.
- Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed HB 222 into law, shielding any person in the state from criminal or civil liabilities related to damages from climate change stemming from greenhouse gas emissions, unless the person has violated a specific restriction or permit.
- Plaintiffs also would have to “show by clear and convincing evidence that unavoidable and identifiable damage or injury has resulted ...