Environmental
Apr. 12, 2011
Coverage for Climate Change Claims, an Uphill Fight
Will so-called "pollution exclusions" forestall lawsuits against entities that release anthropogenic greenhouse gases? By J. Robert Renner of Duane Morris.
On April 19, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of American Electric Power Co. Inc. v. Connecticut, No. 10-174, will hear oral argument on the question of whether states and private parties may maintain actions for nuisance under federal common law based on allegations that the defendants, electric utilities, contributed to global warming by their carbon dioxide emissions. The litigation should give pause to both industrial concerns an...
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