And a culpable mental state could be negligence, knowledge, recklessness. So you wrote an article in 2023 entitled, quote, Climate homicide, prosecuting big oil for climate deaths. In that article, you argue that Oil and gas executives could be prosecuted, not just sued, but criminally prosecuted, for homicide for murder based on climate change. Is that right? That's right. I mean, I would be careful with the wording because murder, again, is a technical term. And definitely we're not arguing that they could be prosecuted for first degree murder. (00:44–00:54)
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