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Court tosses NYC climate liability case
In a win for oil companies, a federal appeals court yesterday affirmed dismissal of New York City's lawsuit seeking compensation for climate change costs from five fossil fuel firms.
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Maxine Joselow, E&E News reporter
In a win for oil companies, a federal appeals court yesterday affirmed dismissal of New York City's lawsuit seeking compensation for climate change costs from five fossil fuel firms.
President Biden used his first international conference to show world leaders that the United States has significant new climate ambitions and pressed other countries to go beyond their current plans.
By Scott Waldman in Greenwire
Coal will need to disappear, car and building electrification must accelerate, and oil use has to wane if the U.S. hopes to cut its emissions in half over the next decade, experts say.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire
President Biden used his first international conference to show world leaders that the United States has significant new climate ambitions and pressed other countries to go beyond their current plans.
By Scott Waldman in Greenwire
Coal will need to disappear, car and building electrification must accelerate, and oil use has to wane if the U.S. hopes to cut its emissions in half over the next decade, experts say.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire