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Climate change is back in court

Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in American Electric Power v. Connecticut, about which Jonathan Adler wrote in the latest edition of PERC Reports.

At issue is whether greenhouse gas emissions constitute a “public nuisance” and require judicially devised emission controls.  Adler offers more thoughts on today’s hearings here.

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