Nuisance Laws an Ineffective Way to Hold Big Oil Accountable for Climate Change

摘要

In Colorado, California, Maryland and elsewhere, local officials, in conjunction with plaintiffs' attorneys, are taking a new approach to suing mostly American oil and gas producers for alleged climate change impacts-attempting to use state nuisance laws to establish causes of action against these companies.From a purely practical-not legal-perspective, these nuisance lawsuits are irrational, ineffective, and unreasonable. From a realistic perspective, these lawsuits are not useful to achieve environmentalist goals.