Two recent decisions continue the trend against plaintiffs in the climate change/public nuisance area. The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week declin
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Ninth Circuit Hears Oral Argument in Climate Change Case
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The Ninth Circuit recently heard oral argument in a potentially significant case raising climate change issues. See Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No.
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New Theory Emerges in Climate Change Litigation
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Just as many eyes are focused on the climate change/global warming cases pending in the appellate courts, a group of activist environmentalists have e…
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Second Circuit “Global Warming” Case
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We have posted before about the climate change or so-called global warming litigation. Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in one of the …
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Showdown Over Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Looming in Congress
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We have posted before about a number of issues related to greenhouse gas regulation and climate change litigation. Now comes word that a potential sho…
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Legislation Proposed to Curb EPA Greenhouse Gas Authority
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As we have noted in previous posts, one of the many important questions lurking in the climate change/global warning cases currently being litigated i…
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Climate Change Case Update
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A quick update to one of the key climate change cases pending in the federal courts. Readers may recall that the U.S. Supreme Court announced late las…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Greenhouse Gas Case
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it will indeed hear the challenge to a court of appeals decision allowing several states to p…
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Multiple States Urge Reversal of Second Circuit Greenhouse Gas Decision
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A dozen states have joined the Administration, and a variety of amici, in urging the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Second Circuit which wo…
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Think-Tank Report on Environmental Litigation Worth A Look
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A new think-tank report discusses the evolution in environmental and toxic tort litigation. The Manhattan Institute Center for Legal Policy publishes …
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