The question arises what level of
culpability attaches to this crime, that is, does conviction require recklessness, malice, or what?
Not exact matches
If a court
attaches culpability for sea level rise in California to petrochemical companies, that might establish causation for a planet's worth of damage, any disaster someone can plausibly connect to climate change.
The onus
attaches to
culpability, and if both acts bear that taint, the onus or prima facie transmission of responsibility
attaches to both, and the question of the sole responsibility of one is a matter between them.