(May 7, 2021, 2:29 PM EDT) -- ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Anne Arundel County filed a lawsuit in Maryland state court on April 26 against a number of energy companies and the American Petroleum Institute (API) seeking damages stemming from increased infrastructure costs caused by rising sea levels and severe weather events triggered by climate change, arguing that the defendants intentionally withheld information about the burning of fossil fuels and global warming and have misled consumers by marketing some of their products as environmentally friendly even though they are not....