Thursday, March 8, 2018

Federal court orders first hearing on the science of climate change

Climate change science will be presented in court in what could be first-ever court hearing in the United States on the topic, McClatchy Washington Bureau reported. Lawyers for BP, Exxon, Chevron, and other oil companies will go up against lawyers for the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco after United States District Judge William Alsup ordered "a two-part tutorial on the subject of global warming and climate change." Sabin Center for Climate Change Law executive director Michael Burger...

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