DC Journal: Judge Raises Questions About Local DC Lawsuit Targeting Energy Producers

Phil Goldberg, Special Counsel for the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project, watched the hearing and says the outlook is good for the rule of law.

“Today’s arguments clearly showed that DC’s laws are not so limitless and unprincipled as to govern, let alone impose liability on, the promotion and sale of energy all around the world for the past several decades, particularly when unrelated to any sales made to DC residents.

“As we heard the lawyers say in court today, courts around the country—including in neighboring Maryland and Delaware—are already seeing through these climate lawsuits and recognizing that neither the law nor commonsense subjects energy producers and sellers to liability for climate change,” Goldberg added.

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