DOJ, California Cities Spar Over Climate Nuisance Suits Before Key Hearing

Trump administration lawyers and two major California cities are squaring off over the cities' novel climate nuisance suit against fossil fuel producers, as a federal district court is scheduled to consider an industry motion to dismiss the case based on the claim it is displaced by federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases. The legal wrangling comes ahead of a May 24 hearing on the producers' motion to dismiss People of the State of California v. BP, et al. , which...