POLITICO Energy

Baltimore vs. Big Oil: Round 2

Episode Summary

On Tuesday, a panel of federal judges expressed skepticism about the legal arguments presented by oil companies to move a highly-watched climate lawsuit brought on by the city of Baltimore from a state court to the federal system. POLITICO’s Alex Guillén breaks down the lawsuit and how it could impact similar climate liability suits across the country.

Episode Notes

On Tuesday, a panel of federal judges expressed skepticism about the legal arguments presented by oil companies to move a highly-watched climate lawsuit brought on by the city of Baltimore from a state court to the federal system. POLITICO’s Alex Guillén breaks down the lawsuit and how it could impact similar climate liability suits across the country.

 

Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy and the host of POLITICO Energy podcast. 

Alex Guillén is an energy reporter for POLITICO Pro. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.