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Legal Actions Against U.S., States Claim Climate Change Is A Breach Of Public Trust
Posted on 13 May 2011 by Dianne Saxe

By Dianne Saxe, Attorney Attorneys representing groups of one or more children and young adults are filing legal actions against the US government, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia, in which they allege that the public trust doctrine requires... Read More

Tags: Francine McKenna , Lisa Jackson , public use , Climate Change , Jerry Brown , Carbon Dioxide Emissions , Litigation , climate crisis , legal action , greenhouse gases , EPA , public trust , global warming

Alston & Bird LLP's Jonathan Wells On The Suprme Court's American Electric Power Ruling
Posted on 22 Jul 2011 by Jonathan Wells

By Jonathan Wells , Senior Associate, Alston & Bird LLP The United States Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts cannot use the federal common law of nuisance to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In American Electric Power v. Connecticut... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , Alston & Bird , common law , electric utilities , American Electric Power v. Connecticut , Jonathan Wells , nuisances , Carbon Dioxide Emissions , Litigation , Clean Air Act , greenhouse gases , EPA , global warming

Lawsuit Alleges EPA ‘Overreaching’ With Global Warming Finding
Posted on 5 Mar 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ATLANTA — Representing 13 U.S. representatives, 17 companies and associations and itself, the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) on Feb. 10 filed a Petition for Judicial Review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, challenging... Read More

Tags: lawsuits , Shannon L. Goessling , EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson , Climate Change , Southeastern Legal Foundation , SLF , new lawsuit filings , Carbon Dioxide Emissions , Litigation , Climategate , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , EPA , global warming