In AEP v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court finds that the Clean Air Act displaces any right to bring a public nuisance claim against power plants for their alleged contribution to climate change.
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AEP v. Connecticut: Climate Change as a Public Nuisance
By Caleb Holmes on
Posted in Climate Change
Supreme Court to consider whether state attorneys general or environmental groups may sue owners of fossil-fuel-fired power plants under the federal common law of public nuisance for the plants’ alleged contribution to climate change.
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