2nd Circuit Says Clean Air Act Displaces New York City’s Climate Change Claims

Mealey's (April 2, 2021, 12:43 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 1 affirmed dismissal of New York City’s climate change lawsuit against five oil companies, agreeing with a federal judge in New York that the city’s claims over damages to infrastructure caused by global warming are displaced by federal common law and the Clean Air Act (CAA)....