A South Carolina State Court judge in City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Company, Inc., et al., dismissed on Aug. 6 an action against nearly two dozen oil and gas companies. The suit, initially filed in 2020, alleged the defendants contributed to harmful climate change and deceived people about the dangers of their fossil fuel products.
In granting the energy companies’ motion to dismiss the City of Charleston case, the state court judge concluded that state tort and consumer deception laws could not be …
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