Venue of last resort: the climate lawsuits threatening the future of big oil

In an era of environmental deregulation, groups like the American Petroleum Institute are focusing resources on the courts - and 'time is on industry's side' In early October, 22 state and federal judges hailing from Honolulu to Albany got a crash course in scientific literacy and economics. The three-day symposium was billed as a way to help the judges better scrutinize evidence used to defend government regulations. But the all-expenses-paid event hosted by George Mason University's Law & Econ...