Frey AM

==<a href="https://www.drillednews.com/post/growing-group-of-states-backs-rhode-island-s-climate-suit-vs-big-oil" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">https://www.drillednews.com/post/growing-group-of-states-backs-rhode-island-s-climate-suit-vs-big-oil</a>1/20<p class="XzvDs 208Ie _1dH_e blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _3ZX8L _1dH_e" style="margin: 0px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">More than a dozen states filed an <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/20-01.02%20-%20MA%20%26%20Cal.%20Multistate%20Rhode%20Island%20Amicus%20%5Bfnl%5D.pdf" target="top" rel="noopener" class="2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2IYtJ" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;">amicus brief</a> on Friday supporting Rhode Island’s <a href="http://climatecasechart.com/case/rhode-island-v-chevron-corp/" target="top" rel="noopener" class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2IYtJ" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;">climate lawsuit</a> against fossil fuel companies. The coalition of states supporting Rhode Island’s case is the largest yet, with Maine, Delaware, and Hawaii weighing in for the first time on litigation seeking to hold Big Oil accountable for climate change impacts.

<p class="XzvDs 208Ie _1dH_e blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _3ZX8L _1dH_e" style="margin: 0px; font-size: small; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“The climate crisis is impacting Maine in a number of ways, from ocean temperatures affecting our fisheries to extreme weather damaging our infrastructure and costing taxpayers,” <a href="https://www.maine.gov/ag/news/article.shtml?id=1935630" target="top" rel="noopener" class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2IYtJ" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;">said</a> Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey. “Big oil companies played a big role in creating this crisis and inhibiting an effective, evidence-based policy response. They should be held accountable for their actions.” ...