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Environmental Law

Columbia Law School

Faculty Scholarship

2011

Carbon dioxide emission

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'American Electric Power’ Leaves Open Many Questions For Climate Litigation, Michael B. Gerrard Jan 2011

'American Electric Power’ Leaves Open Many Questions For Climate Litigation, Michael B. Gerrard

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On June 20, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in American Electric Power v. Connecticut, the second climate change case to be decided by that Court and the first to concern common law claims. The decision resolves a few issues but leaves many others open.