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ICYMI: D.C.'s climate suit was tossed back to local court by a district judge on Saturday. Remand order was frozen this morning while companies cook up an appeal ⬇️
Judge Sends Oil Giants’ Climate Case to Washington, D.C., Court
A Washington, D.C., district judge scrapped oil giants’ bid to keep a climate consumer protection case in federal court, tossing the suit back t...
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I appreciate Judge Kelly’s ruling that our lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, and Shell belongs in our local court, before DC residents. We filed our lawsuit to expose these big oil companies’ rampant deception and stop it.
Today our case takes an important step forward.
Washington, DC climate deception case REMANDED. "Defendants raise seven theories for the Court’s subject-matter jurisdiction. Each, they say, is an independent ground for removal. None is." Full opinion: https://www.sheredling.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DC-Opinion-granting-remand.pdf #climatelitigation
“You can’t make a mess and expect others to clean it up,” Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement. “The defendants in this case knew their products were dangerous, but selfishly brought them to market anyway in pursuit of profits." #PFAS
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Philadelphia sues makers of PFAS chemicals
The complaint alleges contamination of city property and resources, including drinking water supplies, by "forever chemicals" found harmful to human h...
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