Analysis

NYC Opens New Front In War Over State Climate Torts

By Keith Goldberg (January 10, 2018, 9:36 PM EST) -- New York City has launched a lawsuit demanding five global oil giants pick up the tab for beefing up the city's defenses against climate change, a move that ratchets up the fossil fuel industry's exposure to climate tort litigation, though experts say the Big Apple's legal salvo faces the same steep hurdles as similar suits recently filed by California municipalities....

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