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Should Climate Damages Cases Be Heard in State or Federal Court? Climate change affects communities in calamitous ways: rising seas; increased storm severity, frequency and duration; disruption of the hydrologic cycle (such as extreme heat, extreme precipitation,...

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Should Climate Damages Cases Be Heard in State or Federal Court? Climate change affects communities in calamitous ways: rising seas; increased storm severity, frequency and duration; disruption of the hydrologic cycle (such as extreme heat, extreme precipitation,...

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Six Democratic attorneys general are calling on President Biden's Department of Justice to reverse the Trump administration's position in a slew of climate liability lawsuits against oil and gas companies.

POLITICS: States press DOJ to chart new course in climate cases

Six Democratic attorneys general are calling on President Biden's Department of Justice to reverse the Trump administration's position in a slew of cl...

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AGEllison avatarAttorney General Keith Ellison@AGEllison·

No surprise: the Trump Admin sided with fossil-fuel companies in lawsuits that cities & states like MN brought against them for deceiving Americans abt the real causes of climate change & sticking us with the bill. I’m asking AG Garland to reverse course.

U.S. state officials urge Garland to reverse Trump positions on climate deception cases

The attorneys general of five U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Monday called on President Joe Biden's Justice Department to withdraw legal ...

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AGWilliamTong avatarAG William Tong@AGWilliamTong·

ExxonMobil knew decades ago that burning fossil fuels caused climate change and CT is already experiencing the effects of ExxonMobil's lies.

We will keep fighting with everything we have to hold ExxonMobil accountable for their campaign of deception.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/attorney-general-continues-legal-fight-against-exxonmobil-over-climate-change/2459858/

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Browse recent coverage of our cases, clients, practice areas and other timely, relevant issues.

N.Y. town sues 3 companies over PFAS contamination

December 1, 2020

The town of Hempstead sued 3M, DuPont, and Chemours to recoup costs associated with water contamination by “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

Maui’s fossil fuel lawsuit can feel like ‘David versus Goliath’

November 7, 2020

“Our County,” a column from Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino, discusses county issues and activities of county government. 

We must protect Delawareans from the fossil fuel industry’s damage, deception

September 15, 2020

Op-ed co-authored by Attorney General Kathleen Jennings and DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin.

Charleston sues ‘Big Oil’ for flooding in SC Lowcountry caused by global warming

September 9, 2020

Charleston, South Carolina’s largest city, is the first in the South to file such a lawsuit, joining a growing list of West Coast and Northeastern cities and states.

Big Oil Loses Bid to Rehear California Cities’ Climate Cases (1)

August 12, 2020

California cities sued to cover costs of climate damage.

Local Groups Pause Tijuana Sewage Lawsuits, But Solutions are Still Far Off

July 8, 2020

The EPA’s recent promise of $300 million to tackle border sewage issues appears to be cooling tempers and providing a pathway toward resolving a problem that’s existed essentially since the drawing of the current border.

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