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Government,
Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation

Aug. 30, 2017

Energy companies remove climate change suits to federal court, for now

About three dozen energy companies being sued in California over climate change issues have removed those cases to federal court, where similar complaints have died in recent years.

About three dozen energy companies being sued in California over climate change issues have removed those cases to federal court, where similar complaints have died in recent years.

Legal observers are divided about whether the defense move to get the cases out of state courts will succeed.

“Though nominally asserted under state law, the complaint puts at issue long-established federal statutory, r...

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