Litigation Seeking to Establish Climate Change Impacts as a Common Law Nuisance
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There are five common law/nuisance suits addressing climate change now or formerly active. Of the three no longer active, none were successful. Of the two still-active cases, one has recently leaped to center stage because the Supreme Court agreed to hear it. In Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co., Inc., eight states sued five utility companies alleged to be emitting the most GHGs in the nation through their coal-fired electric power plants. Following a Second Circuit decision, the Supre…
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Date:
May 9, 2011
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department