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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Climate Change Litigation Update
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Latest round in the “global warming” litigation — Coming as no surprise, a group of property owners asked the U.S. Supreme Court last week …
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U.S. Urges Reversal of 2d Circuit Global Warming Nuisance Decision
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The federal government (Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a government-owned company), last week urged…
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Defendants in Second Circuit Climate Change Case Seek Cert
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Several electric power companies have asked the Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit ruling that Connecticut and several other states may seek gre…
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EPA Issues Additional Greenhouse Gas Rules
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Late last month, the Environmental Protection Agency signed off on a final rule requiring that additional categories of sources begin to track and rep…
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Update on “Climate Change” Litigation — Vanishing Quorum
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Readers may recall my post about the Fifth Circuit granting the petition for rehearing en banc in Comer v. Murphy Oil. The case involves a lawsuit by …
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Fifth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc In Climate Change Case
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We have posted on the climate change litigation, including inexplicable decisions such as the putative class action alleging that — follow the chain …
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More Groups Challenge EPA’s “Endangerment Finding” in Climate Change Debate
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A variety of business groups, including the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), last week filed a petition in federal court challenging the U…
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“Global Warming” Litigation Update (Part II)
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Part two of our update on recent climate change litigation. In our last post, we discussed the well reasoned decision in Native Village of Kivalina v.
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