1st Circuit Judges Mull CLF’s Bid To Re-Start Novel Climate Adaptation Suit

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit is weighing whether to lift a lower court’s stay of the Conservation Law Foundation’s (CLF) novel climate change suit against ExxonMobil that seeks to force the company to account for climate-related impacts in its water permit for an oil terminal. Exxon argues that the stay was properly issued and cannot be appealed. It is urging the appellate court to reject the legal doctrines CLF cites for why...