Last spring, the Supreme Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector in West Virginia v. EPA. Additional lawsuits filed by state attorneys general and conservative groups challenge a wide swath of the Biden Administration’s climate policy initiatives, including the use of the “social cost of carbon.” At the same time, state and local governments have filed suit against fossil fuel companies in state courts, seeking compensation for local climate change impacts and seeking to hold such companies responsible for the consequences of consuming their products. These cases have been consumed by procedural wrangling, but could also end up in the Supreme Court soon.
Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host “Climate Change Goes to Court,” a discussion with Professors Jonathan Adler and Victor Platt about these legal developments and how what happens in court will affect efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change.
This event will be held Sept. 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the School of Law’s CWRU Moot Courtroom (Room A59).