Bloomberg
Attorneys in a high-profile climate change lawsuit have been given a homework assignment by a California federal judge. The judge has asked each side to write up to 10 pages about whether the benefits of industrialization are worth the environmental consequences. The case pits the cities of San Francisco and Oakland against major oil companies. Only one of the companies, Chevron Corp., will have to respond to the assignment because the other four other companies are seeking to dismiss the case on jurisdictional grounds.
