Man's 10-year lawsuit against energy giant comes to upsetting end: 'He basically lost because he lives 50 feet too far away'

Man's 10-year lawsuit against energy giant comes to upsetting end: 'He basically lost because he lives 50 feet too far away'

In 2015, Peruvian mountain guide and Huaraz resident Saúl Luciano Lliuya filed a lawsuit against German energy company RWE to recoup 0.5% of the costs for a dike he built to protect the city against glacial lake outburst flooding.  Recently, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Germany, concluded that polluting gas-emitting corporations such as RWE could be held liable for climate change-induced damages, even those occurring continents away, Colum…