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2018-06-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
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Judge throws out SF and Oakland climate suits against big oil
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 [SFChronicle] A federal judge Monday tossed out two groundbreaking lawsuits by San Francisco and Oakland that sought to hold some of the world’s largest oil companies liable for climate change.
In an exhaustive, 16-page ruling that touched on such scientific matters as the ice age and early observations of carbon dioxide, U.S. District Judge William Alsup acknowledged the problem of a warming planet but said it is just too big for the courts to solve.
The cities are trying to get five oil and gas giants, including Bay Area-based Chevron, to help cover the costs of dealing with sea-level rise, like picking up the tab for seawalls. However, Alsup, noting that Congress and the White House, not the judiciary, are responsible for addressing the fallout from fossil fuels, granted the industry’s request to dismiss the suits.
"The problem deserves a solution on a more vast scale than can be supplied by a district judge or jury in a public nuisance case," he wrote.
Don't worry. They'll keep judge shopping until they get their way. 
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