Environmentalists Renew Tort Suit Warnings If EPA Scraps GHG Finding

Environmentalists and other supporters of EPA’s greenhouse gas regulatory authority are underscoring warnings that the Trump administration’s potential move to reverse the agency’s landmark GHG endangerment finding will subject industry to a flood of new federal tort suits, while also removing a key defense for ongoing state tort cases. The arguments come as roughly 30 such suits are progressing in state courts across the country -- with state and local governments seeking to recover damages from oil companies due to...