4 Legal Battles This Year That Were All About Climate Change

With every passing year it becomes increasingly clear that climate change is not just an environmental issue.  It’s damaging to public health.  It’s a drag on the economy.  And, more and more, it’s become the foundation for legal battles.  As the far-reaching impacts of climate change are more immediately apparent, efforts to increase mitigation and adaptation — and push-back from those that depend on the status quo — are rising correspondingly, and ending up in court.

Here’s a look at some of the year’s biggest climate court cases and the legal battles that await us in 2015:

The Necessity Defense Makes Its First Successful Climate Debut

The Insurance Industry Sues Over Climate Inaction

Fracking Ban Breaks Through Resistance in a Fossil Fuel State

The EPA’s Proposed Carbon Regulations Cause a Rise in Legal Fumes

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