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The People of the State of California v. BP P.L.C. et al

  1. May 03, 2018

    Oakland, SF Say Climate Change Fight Belongs In Court

    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.

  2. April 20, 2018

    GOP State AGs Back Big Oil In Calif. Climate Suits

    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.

  3. March 20, 2018

    Big Oil Says Courts Are No Place For Climate Change Fight

    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.

  4. March 02, 2018

    Feds Urged For View On Where To Hear Climate Tort Claims

    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. 

  5. March 01, 2018

    Novel Ruling Redraws Battle Lines Of Climate Change Suits

    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.

  6. February 28, 2018

    SF, Oakland Climate Suits Stay In Federal Court, Says Judge

    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.