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“Obviously price spikes and shocks to consumer prices in the short term aren’t a good thing, and those harm working class people the most,” Schleeter said.

Congress then drilled into alleged harms of media consolidation and the failure of broadcasters to alert the community during the disaster in Minot, where Clear Channel owned six of the eight commercial radio stations.

"Evidence shows these crimes are a complex web of harm which are often hidden, often repeated and too often overlooked," he said.

On the other side, victims’ insurers could recognize breaches as a potential source of mental or physical harm that requires medical intervention for some people and provide coverage for treatment costs.

Falys is the first person to bring a climate case against a multinational company in Belgium, arguing that four extreme weather events linked to global warming between 2016 and 2020 harmed his business.