On May 23, 2022, the First Circuit upheld a decision from the  United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island to remand Rhode Island’s climate change lawsuit back to state court. This marks the fourth time a federal circuit court has upheld a decision remanding a government’s climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies, the other three being cases from Baltimore, Maryland, San Mateo County, California, and Boulder, Colorado. For the fossil fuel companies, this pattern is a stark string of losses, forcing the … Continue reading State and Local Climate Lawsuits are 4-1 at the Federal Circuit Courts