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Dominant Cause

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The essential or most direct source of an accident or injury, regardless of when it occurred.

In Tort Law, the dominant cause of an injury is the proximate cause, or the primary or moving cause, without which the injury would not have occurred.



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While there is overwhelming scientific evidence that climate change is happening and that GHG emissions caused by human activity is a significant and probably dominant cause, there is still a great deal of uncertainty in relation to the likely speed of climate change.
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About 150 km away from Las Vegas, the city's lights are the dominant cause of light pollution in Death Valley National Park, where Moore's collaborator Dan Duriscoe works.
 
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