US Supreme Court Rejects Emissions Lawsuit

摘要

The US Supreme Court has rejected a law-suit in which six states sought to limit powercompanies’ greenhouse gas emissions byclaiming such emissions are a public nui-sance under US common law.California, Connecticut, Iowa, New York,Rhode Island and Vermont had hoped to ob-tain a federal court order authorizing themto curb the emissions of five big coal-burn-ing electric utilities.