Second Circuit Holds that States Have Standing to Sue Polluters over Global Warming

Potentially good news for the Native Village of Kivalina plaintiffs…..

From How Appealing:

“States Can Sue Utilities Over Emissions”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Associated Press reports that “Pollution lawsuit against power companies revived.”

Reuters reports that “U.S. court reinstates emissions suit vs. utilities.”

And Dow Jones Newswires report that “US appeals court reinstates global warming lawsuits.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.