South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson last week urged a court to throw out Charleston’s climate lawsuit against energy producers – marking a unique instance of a state attorney general calling out the lack of merits of a municipality’s case.

In a amicus brief filed on September 4, Wilson cited the recent dismissal of Baltimore’s lawsuit and noted that the lawsuit raises “serious constitutional concerns” that “disrupt ‘basic interests of federalism’ and impair state sovereignty.” He went on to argue:

“As the courts in both City of New York and City Council of Baltimore also recognized, Congress’ enactment of the Clean Air Act does not change the fact that our federal structure and commitment to the equality of States requires federal law to apply to claims over global climate change and preclude the application of state law in such cases.” (emphasis added)

Read the full post at EIDClimate.org.

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