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U.S. Supreme Court finds that statutory law of CAA displaces Federal common law and state tort law on issue of GHG emissions
Posted on 7 Jul 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Several States, a city, and land trusts filed federal common law public nuisance claims against various power companies; they requested that the court set CO2 emission limits. In American Electric Power Co. et al v. Connecticut et al , 2011 U.S. LEXIS... Read More

Tags: power plants , preemption , common law , federal common law , GHG , electric utilities , Jurisdiction , emissions , public nusiance , greenhouse gas , EPA

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: AEP v. Connecticut – The Reply Briefs
Posted on 27 Apr 2011 by Daniel Firger

By Daniel Firger, Associate Director, Center for Climate Change, Columbia Law School On April 11, 2011, petitioners in American Electric Power v. Connecticut , five private investor-owned utility companies, filed their reply brief . On the same... Read More

Tags: preemption , political question , federal common law , Climate Change , standing , AEP v. Connecticut , public nuisances , Daniel Firger , greenhouse gases , global warming

U.S. Supreme Court finds that statutory law of CAA displaces Federal common law and state tort law on issue of GHG emissions
Posted on 7 Jul 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Several States, a city, and land trusts filed federal common law public nuisance claims against various power companies; they requested that the court set CO2 emission limits. In American Electric Power Co. et al v. Connecticut et al , 2011 U.S. LEXIS... Read More

Tags: power plants , preemption , common law , federal common law , GHG , electric utilities , Jurisdiction , emissions , public nusiance , greenhouse gas , EPA