Federal Court Denies California Cities' Claims For Climate Damages

摘要

A federal judge has tossed out the claims for climate damages two California cities filed against five international oil companies, ruling that determining the contribution of fossil fuels to climate change was beyond the purview of a single court.On June 25, U.S. District Judge William Alsup in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the demands by Oakland, Ca., San Francisco and San Francisco County that BP, Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell pay for damages the cities might incur as a result of rising sea levels caused by climate change.