Judge Remands Municipalities’ Suits Against Energy Companies Over Climate Change

Mealey's (March 20, 2018, 8:24 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO— A federal judge in California on March 16 remanded lawsuits brought by a city and two counties accusing sellers of fossil fuels of withholding information about the risks of climate change, holding that their nuisance lawsuits do not raise federal question jurisdiction (San Mateo v. Chevron Corp., et al., No. 17-4929, Imperial Beach v. Chevron Corp., et al., No. 17-4934, Marin v. Chevron Corp., et al., No. 17-04935, N.D. Calif.)....