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Judge boots global warming cases of San Francisco, Oakland against oil industry

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Jun 26, 2018 @ 10:30pm

A California federal judge has rejected the efforts of municipal officials who teamed with private lawyers to seek to hold the energy industry liable for the alleged future effects of climate change.
States against climate change lawsuits ask for dismissal of NYC's

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Jun 5, 2018 @ 9:00am

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The top lawyers of 15 states are again asking a federal judge to reject the legal strategy used by public officials and the private attorneys with whom they’ve teamed to sue the energy industry over alleged effects of climate change.
As Boulder sues, 15 states - including Colorado - oppose global warming lawsuits

By John O'Brien | Saturday, Apr 21, 2018 @ 10:50am

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Two days after local officials in the Boulder, Colo., area filed a lawsuit that attempts to hold large energy companies liable for the alleged effects of global warming, the state’s top lawyer showed that she disagrees with their legal argument by voicing her opposition to similar lawsuits in California.