American Electric Power Company, Inc. is named as a defendant in a
pending fourth amended complaint alleging that carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions exacerbated the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
In October 2009, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a
decision by…
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