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 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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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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