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More on the American Electric Power Decision
Posted on 21 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: Alston Bird , common law , electric utilities , American Electric Power v. Connecticut , Jonathan Wells , nuisances , Carbon Dioxide Emissions , Clean Air Act , greenhouse gases , EPA , global warming

Marten Law: Republican Lawmakers Join Obama Administration in Urging Supreme Court to Overrule GHG Nuisance Case
Posted on 2 Mar 2011 by Steven G Jones

By Steven Jones, Partner, Marten Law PLLC “Proving once again that politics makes for strange bedfellows, three prominent Republican lawmakers who have opposed EPA greenhouse gas regulation have joined the Obama Administration in urging the... Read More

Tags: public nuisance , Marten Law , Climate Change , American Electric Power v. Connecticut , non-justiciable political questions , Steven Jones , greenhouse gases , EPA

Podcast: Steve Jones Discusses American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut
Posted on 8 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Legal Business Community Staff

On this edition, Steven G. Jones of Marten Law in Seattle discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's June 20 decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut. He reviews the elements of the Second Circuit's ruling that were addressed by the Court... Read More

Tags: political questions , preemption , public nuisance , Climate Change , standing , American Electric Power v. Connecticut , Clean Air Act , Steven Jones , greenhouse gases