A law professor, a law student, and a lawyer have written a Working Paper on lawsuits that aim to hold greenhouse gas producers liable for global warming. Laurence H. Tribe, Joshua D. Branson & Tristan L. Duncan, "Too Hot for Courts to Handle: Fuel Temperatures, Global Warming, and the Political Question Doctrine", Washington
Fifth Circuit Joins Second on Global Warming Suits
Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29, 2005.
On September 23, Blawgletter reported that the Second Circuit revived a complaint that tied CO2 emissions to global warming under a public nuisance claim.
Last Friday, the Fifth Circuit reached the same result in a case arising from Hurricane Katrina. A class of Mississippi