Rhode Island’s Motion To Remand Climate Change Suit Granted, Case Stayed

Mealey's (July 23, 2019, 1:50 PM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal judge in Rhode Island on July 22 granted a motion to remand a suit filed by the state accusing the manufacturers of fossil fuels of violating state laws by withholding information about the climate change that will affect the state’s infrastructure, ruling that the state’s allegations did not implicate federal law (State of Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp., et al., No. 18-395, D. R.I., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121349)....