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the nature of the harm is the deprivation of the right to use and enjoy natural
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resources held in the public trust, as well as potential physical injury to
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consumers, rather than mere annoyance;
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c.
the interference borne by Plaintiff is the deprivation of the right to obtain
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and use natural resources held in the public trust, deprivation of the right to
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use commercial fishing privileges, the loss of normal and expected revenue
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from the use of those resources and privileges, and the deprivation of a
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livelihood that depends on those resources;
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d.
The natural resources contaminated with domoic acid as a direct
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consequence of Defendants’ conduct are not suitable for such
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contamination because those resources are consumed by humans and other
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organisms;
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e.
the burden on Plaintiff to mitigate and prevent the interference with the
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natural resources held in the public trust, fishing privileges, and the right to
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use and enjoy those resources and privileges to pursue fishing community
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livelihoods, is significant and severe, as costs associated with preventing
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such interference or contamination are prohibitive;
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the social benefit of placing fossil fuels into the stream of commerce, if any,
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is outweighed by the availability of other sources of energy that could have
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been placed into the stream of commerce that would not have caused
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increased mean sea surface temperature, marine heatwaves, harmful algal
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blooms, and domoic acid contamination; Defendants, and each of them,
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knew of the external costs of placing their fossil fuel products into the
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stream of commerce, and rather than striving to mitigate those externalities,
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instead acted affirmatively to obscure them from public consciousness; and
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Defendants’ over-promotion and over-marketing of their products with
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knowledge of the harm that would result, and their long-standing efforts to
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sow doubt about the science surrounding the effects of their products on the
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