I recently completed a Client Alert for clients of Thompson & Knight LLP to assist them in understanding the implications of the recent US Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. EPA, which ruled that EPA failed to follow the federal Clean Air Act in deciding not to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. In this alert, I outline how the opinion will likely affect other litigation with EPA over regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, the developing climate change legislation in Congress, private tort litigation, environmental financial disclosure, and other areas of law and business.
I am leading the new Climate Change and Renewable Energy Practice Group at Thompson & Knight, and see the Supreme Court case as a catalyst for significant changes in the coming years in terms of the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and potential litigation over the effects of global warming.
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