The California-based law firm Sher Edling pitched the idea of a municipal lawsuit against major energy producers to top officials within the city of Miami that would seek to extract compensation from oil companies for present and future damages due to the effects of climate change, according to emails obtained through open records requests. The new documents […]
UCLA Professor’s Role In Climate Litigation Raises Transparency Questions
UCLA law professor Ann Carlson is thankful for the role wealthy plaintiffs’ attorneys play in advancing climate change litigation across the country. She is also grateful for the significant funding her UCLA law clinic receives to focus on climate litigation efforts. But what’s not always clear is Carlson’s own position and her ties to lawyers […]
CEI Sues Virginia Attorney General Seeking Information on Privately-Funded Prosecutor
Read the petition filed by Christopher Horner and CEI in the City of Richmond Circuit Court. 2018-11-14_Horner_v_Herring