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Fracking Toxic Tort Case Dismissed Per Lone Pine Order
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Readers will recall our earlier postings on “fracking”; natural gas from shale rock promises to provide cleaner, abundant energy for the U.S…
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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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Supreme Court Decides Global Warming Case
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In the third of our trilogy this week, let’s take a look at the Supreme Court’s decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, No. 10-174 (U.
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Fracking Meets Medical Monitoring
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We have posted before about medical monitoring claims, and recently noted how plaintiff attorneys have cast their eyes on hydraulic fracturing operati…
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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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Plaintiffs Bar Looking to Attack Exploration of Shale Gas
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Many of our readers may have seen the recent cover story in Time noting how natural gas from shale rock promises to provide cleaner, abundant energy f…
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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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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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