Judge Remands City’s Climate Change Suit, Finds Claims Based On State Law

Mealey's (June 12, 2019, 12:10 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland on June 10 remanded a lawsuit filed by the mayor and city council of Baltimore against the sellers of fossil fuels over climate change, holding that the allegations in the action stem from state law and that the claims are not subject to federal jurisdiction (Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. BP PLC, et al., No. 17-2357, D. Md., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97438)....