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: JURIST - The Paper ChaseSecond Circuit rules states may sue power companies over CO2 emissions
By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.
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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that states can sue power companies for emitting carbon dioxide, allegedly contributing to global warming. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by eight states - California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin - as well as New York City and three land trusts against coal-burning utilities American Electric Power, Southern Company, Xcel Energy, Cinergy Corporation, and the Tennessee Vall read more
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