Proponents of using litigation to address global climate change by suing energy manufacturers for producing the fuels society uses have put forth various arguments in support of this “solution.” At the same time, they have engaged in a coordinated (and well-funded) campaign to persuade public officials to view climate change litigation as viable in spite ….
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The Manufacturers’ Accountability Project (MAP) is launching a new report that traces the origins of climate liability litigation against energy manufacturers and looks into the many groups, lawyers and activists involved in the litigation. The report, “Beyond the Courtroom: A Closer Look at Climate Litigation in the United States,” examines how climate liability litigation has ….
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On Monday, the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) hosted an event in Sacramento, California, for a discussion on “Combating Climate Change Beyond the Courts.” PPI gathered a broad and well-versed panel of experts from across California to discuss municipal governments’ role in addressing climate change and collaborative solutions that work to protect the environment as well ….
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Farming out police powers of the state to private interest groups demonstrates a clear misuse of government authority. In a new report, the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) calls out arrangements where private agenda-driven groups embed attorneys and policy experts within state government offices. The private groups pay the salaries of the attorneys and policy ….
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After the National Association of Manufacturers filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the brief’s author, MAP Special Counsel Phil Goldberg, took manufacturers’ case to Bay Areas readers in a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed. He emphasized how the wave of frivolous public nuisance litigation is the wrong approach ….
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The Manufacturers’ Accountability Project weighed in today on a New York General Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation hearing that examined “how best to address the impacts of climate change on communities and the work force.” In testimony submitted to the Committee, the MAP’s Special Counsel Phil Goldberg focused on manufacturers’ efforts to reduce their ….
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Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers filed an amicus brief today in support of manufacturers targeted by Oakland and San Francisco with baseless litigation that seeks to hold a handful of companies liable for global climate change. This case was dismissed by the Honorable Judge William Alsup in June, 2018. In his 16-page opinion, Alsup ….
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Manufacturers applaud Fort Lauderdale for refusing to join baseless litigation against energy manufacturers over climate change. “We have no intention of filing a lawsuit,” Fort Lauderdale city attorney Alain Boileau told the media on May 6th, as reported in the Florida Record, Florida Politics, and the Daily Caller. The announcement comes despite intense lobbying by ….
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Just one week after the University of Colorado School of Law hosted a forum for advocates of Colorado’s baseless climate litigation, the University of Hawaii is following suit. Today, the University’s William S. Richardson School of Law is hosting an event to highlight the potential for climate litigation in Hawaii. Unfortunately, just like last week’s ….
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Representatives from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) will appear in two forums in Colorado today and continue to push for more baseless climate lawsuits against manufacturers, despite evidence that such litigation does not solve our most pressing environmental challenges. Not only is UCS continuing to push for lawsuits, they are doing so in forums ….
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