On the heels of a string of losses for the climate litigation industry, most recently today, and following up on this jaw-dropping move by the taxpayer-financed National Academies of Science to give an assist to a project already festooned with red flags—the plaintiff (counsel)-ordered “attribution science” (see also here)—CLW happened upon this. Take a quick […]
Down on Transparency Down East
Following up on, e.g., this post, Government Accountability & Oversight has filed suit against the Maine Office of the Attorney General over Maine’s categorical denial of requests for records of obvious public interest, of the same and similar kind of those which have been routinely released by other states (either voluntarily or when forced by […]
Maryland Muni Climate Suits Tossed
As reported by the Washington Examiner, “MARYLAND JUDGE DISMISSES TWO CLIMATE LAWSUITS TARGETING CHEVRON: In a win for Big Oil, a judge has dismissed two climate lawsuits filed in Maryland against Chevron, BP, Shell, and more, saying federal law preempts state law claims against the oil companies. The details: The lawsuits, filed by the City of Annapolis […]