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September 28, 2009


Second Circuit CO2 ruling, cont'd

Public Nuisance Wire has assembled reactions to the ruling in State of Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co. Inc. from, among others, Richard O. Faulk and John S. Gray of Gardere Wynne Sewell (an "extraordinarily broad [ruling that] entails major risks for all industries, not just the electric utilities"), Trent Taylor of McGuire Woods ("a heretofore unthinkable result"), and Stan Anderson, executive director of the Public Nuisance Fairness Coalition ("These are issues seeking a comprehensive legislative solution, not a piecemeal approach by activist courts.") Earlier here, here, and here.

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