A Federal Judge Torches Two Lawsuits Trying to Blame Oil Companies for Climate Change
26th June 2018
The lawsuits sought to recoup damages from sever weather from oil companies, as well as force the companies to invest into a fund that would pay for future infrastructure to protect against more severe weather and rising sea levels.
California has long had a collection of courts that are accustomed to weaken, sometimes to the point of invisibility, the traditional notion that you have to show that a particular party caused a particular injury before you can recover from them. I’m glad to see that it hasn’t infected the Federal Court system … yet.
Steve Hayward from Powerline gives us an analysis: Frivolous Climate Lawsuits Hit the Wall