Climate Change: An Issue for the Political Branches of Government or the Courts?
12 May 2011
Megan L. Brown, a partner at Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C., discusses American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut, a case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. Brown articulates why the High Court should reject the "public nuisance" climate change claim brought by a handful of states against some of the nation's largest electric utility companies.
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