Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Politics Sea Level 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. Here’s a roundup of what these AGs have been doing to make a bad situation worse.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 7, 2023
Many of the claims are based at least in part on allegations of misrepresentations by the companies regarding climate science in order to promote their sales of fossil fuels. The other argument is that the Clean Air Act itself eliminates state lawsuits for interstate pollution.
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Law Columbia
OCTOBER 25, 2017
We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. Instead, it has been to stem and confuse the flow of information about climate change to the public and political leaders.
Law Columbia
MARCH 14, 2024
In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.
Law Columbia
MARCH 13, 2023
EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Citing Resiliency and Sea Level Rise Concerns, Environmental Groups and California Challenged Negative Jurisdictional Determination for Redwood City Salt Ponds. FEATURED CASE.
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