New York City’s Climate Change Claims Displaced By Federal Law, Judge Says

Mealey's (July 20, 2018, 1:50 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on July 19 dismissed New York City’s lawsuit accusing five producers of fossil fuels of promoting their products despite knowing they caused climate change, finding that its claims for public nuisance, private nuisance and trespass are displaced by the federal Clean Air Act (City of New York v. BP PLC, et al., No. 18 Civ. 182, S.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120934)....