October 17, 2018
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday halted King County, Washington's suit seeking to hold "Big Oil" liable for climate change-related infrastructure damage until the Ninth Circuit rules on an appeal of the dismissal of similar suits lodged by Oakland and San Francisco.
October 04, 2018
Republican attorneys general from 12 states urged a federal court Wednesday to nix King County, Washington's suit seeking to hold Big Oil liable for climate change-related infrastructure damage, arguing the county can't be allowed to use the courts to usurp federal and state regulation of climate change.
July 30, 2018
Five global oil giants urged a federal judge Friday to spike a lawsuit in which the county home to Seattle seeks to hold them accountable for climate change-related infrastructure damages, arguing that such claims do not belong in a courtroom, as other judges have recently concluded in similar disputes.