May 03, 2018
Oakland and San Francisco on Thursday urged a California federal judge to keep alive their suits seeking to hold oil giants liable for climate change-related infrastructure damage, saying federal law makes a place for their claims and the companies' activities can be sufficiently tied to the Golden State.
April 20, 2018
Republican attorneys general from 15 states urged a California federal judge Thursday to dump Oakland's and San Francisco's suits seeking to hold oil giants liable for climate change-related infrastructure damage, accusing the Golden State municipalities of unlawfully trying to regulate national fossil fuel use through the courts.
March 20, 2018
BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday urged a California federal judge to nix Oakland's and San Francisco's suits to hold the oil giants liable for climate change-related infrastructure damage, saying climate change is not an issue that belongs in a courtroom.
March 02, 2018
The California federal judge who refused to remand to state court San Francisco and Oakland's climate change torts against Exxon, BP and others asked the U.S. government late Thursday to weigh in on whether the cities' claims should be governed by federal common law, a question he's already certified for interlocutory appeal.
March 01, 2018
A recent ruling that the alleged global warming liability of Exxon, BP and other fossil fuel producers is a question of federal law creates a new avenue for climate change tort litigation and sets the stage for proponents and critics of climate science to cross swords before federal judges, experts say.
February 28, 2018
A California federal judge on Tuesday rejected San Francisco and Oakland, California's bid to return their climate change torts against BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and Shell to state court, saying climate change is a global issue and the cities' claims should be governed by federal law.