The Latest on the "Stupidest Litigation" in the Country

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The Latest on the "Stupidest Litigation" in the Country

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View this email in your browser Manhattan Contrarian Excerpts: The Latest On The "Stupidest Litigation" In The Country * Perhaps you are amazed at the millions of people who have bought into the idea that the gradually increasing level of a trace atmospheric gas (CO2, currently about 0.04% of the atmosphere) is going to bring about world climate doom a hundred or so years from now. * You may be even more amazed at the similarly large numbers of people who seem to think that the salvation from this doom is to be found in bringing lawsuits against various companies that produce fossil fuels and getting some court somewhere to order that the companies do . . . what exactly? And that is going to avert the climate doom . . . how exactly? * I can't answer those questions. But the posing of the questions has led me, as a service to readers, to try to follow some of these ridiculous lawsuits, which I have dubbed the "stupidest litigations" in the country. * On Thursday (April 1), the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that only applies directly to one case, but for reasons I will describe has potentially dealt a serious blow to all of the cases. . . . Read on » More from the Manhattan Contrarian