Comments on: “High Court to Decide Whether Climate Change Cases Should Proceed” https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/09/high-court-to-decide-whether-climate-change-cases-should-proceed/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Richard Nieporent https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/09/high-court-to-decide-whether-climate-change-cases-should-proceed/comment-page-1/#comment-101240 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:59:58 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=19287#comment-101240 The Obama administration, in a recently filed brief in the Connecticut case, American Electric Power v. Connecticut, is arguing that it may not be prudent for the high court to allow these types of cases to go forward.

You think! It is refreshing to see that even the Obama administration is taking a rational approach to these lawsuits. If we allow everyone who is impacted by some weather event to successfully sue the power companies, the end result will be the bankrupting of every power company. That is a great way to destroy the country.

]]> By: wfjag https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/09/high-court-to-decide-whether-climate-change-cases-should-proceed/comment-page-1/#comment-101186 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:25:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=19287#comment-101186 One can only hope that Mass. v. EPA will be overruled. EPA’s expansion of its own powers could threaten any form of commerce in the U.S. See Butterworth, Is The EPA About To Shut Down Urban Renewal Across The U.S.?, Forbes, Sept. 15, 2010 http://blogs.forbes.com/trevorbutterworth/2010/09/15/is-the-epa-about-to-shut-down-urban-renewal-across-the-u-s/ [EPA, without an apparent health-based or other scientific basis, appears ready to propose dioxin levels so low that they will be at or below background levels typical for urban (commercial and residential) and agricultural lands. An immediate effect will be to thwart any effort to revive old urban sites, both commercial and industrial, for any productive use since the costs of remediation will be too great.]

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