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Chris Horner, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and author of Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed, spoke to Public Nuisance Wire about the implications of Climategate.

“The greens already plan to file [lawsuits] early and often,” CEI's Chris Horner observes. “What this does is embolden defendants, lawmakers, and even judges."

Novel uses of public nuisance and concerns over contingency arrangements were frequent themes for Public Nuisance Wire in 2009.

J. Russell Jackson, a partner with Skadden Law who defends companies’ products and advertising in trial and appellate courts, spoke to Public Nuisance Wire about the ramifications of the Fifth circuit's Comer decision.

On October 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit became the second federal appeals court in less than a month to reverse a trial court decision that had thrown out a climate change lawsuit for presenting a nonjusticiable political question.

ATLANTA – A spokeswoman for Atlanta-based Southern Company on Friday said any issue regarding environmental regulations should be left up to lawmakers and not the court system.

SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. District Court Judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Alaskan native village that targeted Exxon Mobil, alleging the oil company was responsible for global warming.

ATLANTA -- The Second Circuit's recent ruling that electric utility companies can be sued for allegedly contributing to global warming could have devastating consequences for southern states, according to one environmental expert.

Harold Kim of the U.S. Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) believes that the Second Circuit's recent decision in Connecticut v. American Electric Power is something to be alarmed about.

Marion Loomis, executive director of the Wyoming Mining Association, representing 32 mining operations in the state, warns his members not to expect support for coal in Washington -- especially Western coal.

CASPER, Wyo.-- Another major state industry has come out against the Obama administration’s proposed climate bill.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.-- Even though the Senate is in full summer recess, organizations are already gearing up for a showdown this fall over so-called "cap and trade" legislation that could badly damage the farming industry.

TORONTO – A Canadian-based film company has begun filming a documentary aimed at exposing the controversial case of Kivalina v Exxon Mobil.

ALASKA -- As warmer temperatures open up previously inaccessible Alaskan oil and gas reserves, oil companies are finding their dash to tap them slowed by lawsuits from environmental groups.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) wants to know why the Environmental Protection Agency suppressed a report by analyst Alan Carlin that questioned the agency's climate change views . . .

SACRAMENTO -- State Attorney General Jerry Brown has dropped a controversial lawsuit aimed at six of the world’s largest automakers over allegations the manufacturers directly contribute to global warming.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- New climate legislation making its way through the House of Representatives would result in an increasing number of public nuisance lawsuits, this according to a recent letter to lawmakers from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

OAKLAND -- A hearing is set for later this month to consider a motion to dismiss in the global warming case of Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil.

NEW YORK -- A major agreement has been reached between Fresh Direct, New York’s largest grocery delivery service, and the office of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

WASHINGTON, D.C -- House members have written a bill that would allow private residents to sue the federal government over greenhouse gas emissions.<

Appeals in three significant federal climate change cases will be heard in the coming months.