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Suit Claiming Hurricane Katrina Related to Global Warming Goes Before Appeals Court
2013-05-07 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Louisiana Record: The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is set to issue its second opinion in a drawn out climate change case that pits landowners against energy companies. The suit, which accuses a number of companies of contributing to global warming through greenhouse gas emissions, was originally filed in a Mississippi district court in 2005 just 22 days after Hurricane Katrina hit. In the original filing, 14 plaintiffs sued eight named oil companies, 100 unnamed oil and refining companies and 31 coal...
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