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Judge Dismisses Suit Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change Costs

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A federal judge on Monday threw out a closely watched lawsuit brought by two California cities against fossil fuel companies over the costs of dealing with climate change. The decision is a stinging defeat for the plaintiffs, San Francisco and Oakland, and raises warning flags for other local governments around the United States that have filed similar suits, including New York City.

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Judge Alsup said that climate change was an issue of global importance but that the companies were not solely at fault. “Our industrial revolution and the development of our modern world has literally been fueled by oil and coal,” he wrote. “Without those fuels, virtually all of our monumental progress would have been impossible.”

In light of that, he asked: “Would it really be fair to now ignore our own responsibility in the use of fossil fuels and place the blame for global warming on those who supplied what we demanded? Is it really fair, in light of those benefits, to say that the sale of fossil fuels was unreasonable?”
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https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/climate/climate-change-lawsuit-san-francisco-oakland.html

Sounds like the right call. Suits seem like an attempt at some jackpot justice by some cities strapped for cash.
 
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dcsports said:
That is crazy. You would think cities would avoid bringing nuisance suits like this. I hope they had to pay the attorney costs.
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They did not. The city's taxpayers are doing that.
 
LowDown said:
They did not. The city's taxpayers are doing that.
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As they should, given they voted in those clowns. In the case of California, it's a clown show.
 
LowDown said:
They did not. The city's taxpayers are doing that.
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Let me clarify, I hope the cities are paying the attorney costs for this nuisance suit. The taxpayers should also hold their leaders accountable for this stupidity.
 
dcsports said:
Let me clarify, I hope the cities are paying the attorney costs for this nuisance suit. The taxpayers should also hold their leaders accountable for this stupidity.
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I think the majority probably agreed with filing the suit.
 
American said:
As they should, given they voted in those clowns. In the case of California, it's a clown show.
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Clown show? Try "cluster****".

We should sell California back to Mexico and then use the money to pay for the wall.
 
Hmm.

Interesting result.

Not sure the other two branches will actually do anything, as the judge suggested they ought, but we'll see.
 
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