Hawaii Municipalities’ Climate Change Lawsuits Remanded By Judge

Mealey's (February 17, 2021, 12:55 PM EST) -- HONOLULU — A federal judge in Hawaii on Feb. 12 remanded two lawsuits brought by local municipalities over climate change, finding that the defendant energy companies misconstrued the plaintiffs’ claims when removing the actions to federal court because the causes of action stem from the companies’ alleged concealment of the risk between burning fossil fuels and climate change, not the physical extraction and production of fossil fuels....