Industry, Legal Experts Debate Courts’ Role In Addressing Climate Change

Industry attorneys and legal experts are debating the proper role of litigation -- much of which either directly or indirectly targets fossil fuel producers -- in addressing climate change, or whether such efforts should be largely left to legislative debates on Capitol Hill. “We don’t have in this country a legal system based on internalizing into certain products or activities all of the external costs,” argued Phil Goldberg, special counsel for the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project, during a March 28 event...