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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday targeting ExxonMobil on the basis that two California cities waging a legal battle could not prove the energy company was responsible for climate change in the state. District Judge William Alsup wrote that San Francisco and Oakland failed to prove that global warming would be substantially curtailed if the oil company did not operate inside California. His decision follows a ruling the judge made in June dismissing both cases on the grounds that Congress, not the court system, is responsible for addressing the emission of greenhouse gasses. “It is manifest that global warming...

A doctor and a consumer group have sued KFC in an effort to stop the chicken chain from cooking with high-fat partially hydrogenated oil. Dr. Arthur Hoyte, a retired physician from Rockville, Md., and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, want a judge to order Kentucky Fried Chicken to use other types of cooking oils or make sure customers know about trans fat content immediately before they make a purchase. KFC spokeswoman Laurie Schalow called the lawsuit frivolous and said the company will fight it in court. Schalow said KFC is looking at using other types of oil...

July 22, 2004Hot Under the CollarChristopher Horner Attorneys General Sue, Yet Their States Aren’t Warming On Wednesday attorneys general from eight states – all Northeastern Democrats and, surprise, California’s Bill Lockyer – filed suit against a select group of utilities for these electricity providers’ purported contribution to the “public nuisance” of global warming. Led by the indomitable Eliot Spitzer (NY), the lawsuit does not seek damages, but a reduction of fossil-fuel emissions by the selected defendants to abate “global warming”. The money paragraph from the AGs’ complaint offers a terrifying parade of horribles, but is encapsulated by its opening: Global...