Baltimore’s lawsuit alleging oil companies concealed dangers and misinformed the public about climate change belongs in state court, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander issued an order remanding the case because she determined removal to federal court ...

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The defendants in Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit are prepared to vigorously litigate where the case should be heard, asking a federal judge last week to agree to conditionally stay proceedings so they can appeal if she rules the case should be ...

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New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood sued ExxonMobil on Wednesday, accusing the oil giant of defrauding investors about the financial risks of climate change and lying about how it was calculating potential carbon costs.

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Baltimore's climate change lawsuit "creates no basis for federal jurisdiction" and should be remanded to state court where it originated, the lawyers for the city argued in a motion filed Tuesday.

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One of the oil companies named in Baltimore's lawsuit over climate change removed the case to U.S. District Court last week, making the same arguments that have gotten other cases around the country into federal courts -- where subsequently they have been dismissed.

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Baltimore has joined a growing number of communities seeking compensation from fossil fuel companies for the costs of climate change.

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States in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, including Maryland, have agreed to reduce the cap on power plant carbon emissions an additional 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030.

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T. Rowe Price shareholders rejected shareholder proposals to issue reports about climate change, executive compensation and diversity at Wednesday’s annual meeting at the company’s Owings Mills campus. On climate change and executive compensation, at issue were how the company proxy ...

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A few weeks ago, a federal judge in Oregon made headlines when she ruled that a groundbreaking climate lawsuit will proceed to trial. And some experts say its outcome could rewrite the future of climate policy in the United States. ...

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COLLEGE PARK — Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to talk about climate change in a speech at the University of Maryland, College Park. Gore will be on the campus on Tuesday to take part in a conversation titled: ...

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