Coverage for Climate Change: Footing the Bill for Carbon Footprints
Titel:
Coverage for Climate Change: Footing the Bill for Carbon Footprints
Auteur:
Conley, Michael Finnerty, Meghan
Verschenen in:
Environmental claims journal
Paginering:
Jaargang 20 (2008) nr. 4 pagina's 273-279
Jaar:
2008-10
Inhoud:
Lawsuits against automakers, oil refineries, and power companies to recover damages allegedly attributable to greenhouse gas emissions are being filed across the country, and can present a real and expensive problem to businesses within these industries. This July, Steadfast Insurance Company sued its policyholder, AES, seeking a declaration that there was no coverage under its commercial general liability policy for a global warming lawsuit in which AES was a named defendant. Using the Steadfast litigation as a rubric, this article reviews the current state of climate change litigation, and evaluates some of the issues that may arise when seeking coverage for this litigation.
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