Fifteen states want a federal court’s approval to support oil companies in lawsuits by California cities seeking compensation for sea-level rise.
The attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming yesterday asked for permission to file an amicus brief supporting defendants in the cases before Judge William Alsup in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.