Here’s Judge Keenan in the New York case: “The immense and complicated problem of global warming requires a comprehensive solution that weighs the global benefits of fossil fuel use with the gravity of the impending harms. ![]() There’s no doubt, Alsup and Keenan said, that global warming is real, and that is affecting the entire planet.īut that doesn’t mean the problem can be solved in piecemeal litigation, both judges said. Manhattan federal judge John Keenan tossed New York’s suit on Thursday.īoth judges lamented the climate change crisis and acknowledged the science linking it to fossil fuel emissions. ![]() District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco dismissed Oakland’s case on June 25. (Reuters) - In the last month, the cities of New York and Oakland, both represented by the able lawyers at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, failed to persuade federal judges to allow them to proceed with nuisance claims blaming major oil companies for selling fossil fuel in the face of overwhelming evidence that oil and gas emissions are responsible for climate change.
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