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More than 70 city and state governments have tried in recent years to take big oil to court over damage caused by climate change.

The latest lawsuit brought by the state of Michigan takes a different tack by accusing the oil giants of antitrust violations.

Emily Pontecorvo is a staff writer at Heat Map where she had the story.

Welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me, Amy.

First, can you talk about what states and cities are trying to accomplish with these lawsuits against fossil fuel companies?

Why do you think Michigan is making this argument?

Is it that these other lawsuits have not so far really gone anywhere?

So I understand that proving antitrust or proving collusion among companies can be pretty difficult.

Based on your reporting, do you think the state has a good chance?

And so I think listeners might be wondering, what's the end goal here?

Is it to hold fossil fuel companies accountable to make them take climate action more seriously?

Or is it really just about paying for the damage that these states and municipalities are already experiencing and only see rising in the future?

Emily Pontecorvo is a staff writer at Heatmap.

Thanks so much for sharing your reporting.

Thanks for having me.

So tempting, right?