PublicNuisanceWire.com

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.

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.

"The Second Circuit's decision is extraordinarily broad and entails major risks for all industries, not just the electric utilities," say Richard O. Faulk and John S. Gray of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP.

HARTFORD, Conn. -- This week’s Second Circuit Court ruling could have profound implications for the future of climate change litigation, according to an environmental law expert.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that five of the nation’s largest electric utility companies can be sued for creating a public nuisance by emitting greenhouse gases (GHG) that allegedly contribute to global warming.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - The decision to have Tennessee Valley Authority spend hundreds of millions of dollars in pollution controls at four of its power plants won't be stayed during the company's appeal.

Targeting a company across state lines is not the only thing that makes North Carolina’s lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority controversial. According to David Bass of the Carolina Journal, the lawsuit is also costing taxpayers money and jobs.

As State of North Carolina v. Tennessee Valley Authority grinds inexorably forward, opponents of North Carolina's claim foresee a worst-case scenario in which state-created environmental regulations supersede established federal regulations.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Nearly 400 neighbors of Battlefield Golf Club sued Dominion Virginia Power in March, seeking damages and the removal of 1.5 million tons of fly ash from the site.

RICHMOND, Va. -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed an amicus brief in the appeal of State of North Carolina v. Tennessee Valley Authority, asserting that the previous ruling in the case violates existing federal air pollution provisions.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King is getting his chance to intervene in North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's public nuisance suit against power provider Tennessee Valley Authority.

North Carolina v. Tennessee Valley Authority is "one of the most significant public nuisance victories ever by a plaintiff," warns attorney Trent Taylor. If upheld, it could pose a threat to successful businesses all across America.

ASHEVILLE, NC -- The case of North Carolina v Tennessee Valley Authority is beginning to look more like a soap opera every day. Last month, the state of Alabama joined more than 200 plaintiffs in a case that could end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

KNOXVILLE -- Regulations emanating from Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and federal courts over the use of coal-fired energy generation could double the price of power in the Tennessee Valley Authority's jurisdiction.

Recent federally mandated upgrades to a Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) generating station will likely result in increased energy prices for consumers.