The Annual Offshore Oil & Gas Event
logo

The 25thBeijing International Offshore Oil & Gas Exhibition

ufi

BEIJING,CHINA

March 26-28,2025

LOCATION :Home> News > Industry News

Oil companies ask to throw out New York's climate change lawsuit

Pubdate:2018-06-14 09:03 Source:liyanping Click:
MANHATTAN (Bloomberg) -- A group of the world’s biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for costs related to climate change.

ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. argued in a hearing Wednesday that the federal court in Manhattan isn’t a proper forum to regulate the global activity of the energy industry. They urged U.S. District Judge John Keenan to follow the example of other judges who have rejected similar suits.

"The only way to solve or grapple with global warming is a global solution," said Ted Boutrous, a lawyer for Chevron. Boutrous told the judge that New York’s lawyers are trying to construct "a new, extraordinary, extraterritorial tort that would regulate conduct around the globe."

The companies say questions about the effect of greenhouse gases on the environment must be considered under federal law, which doesn’t permit the type of claims New York is pursuing.

New York sued ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Exxon, along with BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, in January, claiming they’re contributing to global warming. New York says the oil companies’ actions constitute a "public nuisance" and a threat to community welfare.

New York is using state law to sue the companies to avoid conflicting with a 2011 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court against a suit that used federal public nuisance to target five big power companies. The court found in that case that the federal Clean Air Act applied, not public nuisance law.
Matthew Pawa, a lawyer representing the city, rejected the idea that New York is trying to misuse the law to sue the companies.

"We are asking you to apply very old law to new facts," he told Keenan.

Public nuisance is a centuries-old legal concept that’s been used against threats to the community such as brothels, drug dens and illegal hazardous waste dumps. The city’s suit is also based on private nuisance, an unreasonable interference with the use of someone else’s land, and trespass, an illegal invasion of property.

Keenan didn’t say when he will rule on the companies’s request.

The case is New York v. BP P.L.C., 18-cv-182, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
 

主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲第一页综合图片自拍| 午夜久久久久久久| 天天爱天天操天天射| 国产盗摄在线观看| 再深一点再重一点| 亚洲丁香婷婷综合久久| 中文字幕乱伦视频| 18成人片黄网站www| 精品无码国产自产拍在线观看蜜| 色妞色视频一区二区三区四区 | 激情内射亚洲一区二区三区爱妻| 日韩电影中文字幕| 夜来香电影完整版免费观看| 国产v日韩v欧美v精品专区| 亚洲免费闲人蜜桃| av无码精品一区二区三区四区| 草草久久久无码国产专区| 欧美一级日韩一级| 天堂bt资源www在线| 四虎最新免费观看网址| 九九视频在线观看6| 99久久亚洲综合精品成人网| 美女脱下裤子让男人捅| 日本最新免费二区三区| 国产精品观看在线亚洲人成网| 再深点灬舒服灬太大了网站| 一区二区三区伦理高清| 四虎www成人影院| 亚洲aⅴ男人的天堂在线观看 | 国产你懂的视频| 亚洲人成人网站在线观看| 99久久免费只有精品国产| 欧美日韩黄色片| 天堂8在线天堂资源bt| 亚洲欧美日韩精品专区| a一级日本特黄aaa大片| 99精品国产在热久久| 色婷婷五月综合丁香中文字幕| 中国大臿蕉香蕉大视频| 顶级欧美色妇xxxxbbbb| 最猛91大神ben与女教师|