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The Second Circuit Takes on the Clean Air Act’s International Air Pollution Provision and Climate Change

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On April 1, 2021, a unanimous Second Circuit panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against a handful of fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change harms under state public nuisance and trespass law. Connecticut ( AEP ), the Clean Air Act has displaced federal common law related to domestic GHG emissions.