Law Offices of Matthew F. Pawa, P.C.

Global Warming Tort Cases

• Tuvalu v. ExxonMobil? - Mother Jones, May, 2010
• Courts as Battlefields in Climate Fights - New York Times, Jan. 27, 2010
• Courts May Beat Congress, U.N. to Punch on Greenhouse Gases - New York Times, Dec. 17, 2009
• Climate lawsuits are coming, Gore & Browner warn - Politico, Sept. 22, 2009
• States Can Sue Utilities Over Emissions - New York Times, Sept. 21, 2009
• U.S. court reinstates emissions suit vs. utilities - Reuters, Sept. 21, 2009
• Second Circuit Rules Warming Suits May Proceed Against Power Companies - The Am Law Litigation Daily, Sept. 21, 2009

• Felicity Barringer, Flooded Village Files Suit, Citing Corporate Link to Climate Change - New York Times, Feb. 27, 2008

• Eroding Alaska Town Sues Oil and Power Companies Over Global Warming - Associated Press/International Herald Tribune, Feb. 27, 2008

• Eroding Alaska Native Village Sues Energy Companies - Environment News Service, Feb. 26, 2008

• Storm-plagued village sues energy companies - by Elizabeth Bluemink, Anchorage Daily News, Feb. 26, 2008

• A Novel Tactic on Warming - The New York Times, July 28, 2004

• A Greenhouse Gamble - Times Union-Albany NY, August 3, 2004

• Utilities Must Be Held Responsible - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 14, 2004

• Global Warming - BusinessWeek, August 16, 2004

• In Hot Pursuit of Polluters - The Christian Science Monitor, August 19, 2004
  

•  Public Nuisance No. 1 - Grist, July 30, 2004
  

• Are Power Plants Crying Wolf Over Lawsuit (PDF) - Sacramento Bee, August 2, 2004
• Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards! - by Alan Pittman, Eugene Weekly

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Pavley Cases

• Automobile Industry's Latest Fearmongering Belied by History
• Federal Ruling Boosts California's Efforts to Curb Auto Emissions (PDF) - Law.com, December 13, 2007
• Judge Rejects Carmakers' Emission Suit (PDF) - The New York Times, September 12, 2007
• Judge Rules Vermont Can Set Auto-Emissions Standards (PDF) - The Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2007

• Federal Court Affirms States Right to Regulate Auto Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Jurist, September 12, 2007

• Measures to Curb Emissions Backed (PDF) - Courant.com, September 13, 2007
  

• States are Closer to Trimming Autos' CO2 Emisisons - The Christian Science Monitor, September 14, 2007
  

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Western Fuels Case

• Environmental Organizations Defeat Coal Industry Global Warming SLAPP Suit; Federal Judge Dismisses Coal Industry Suit - U.S. Newswire, April 6, 2001
• Six Environmental Groups Slapped by Coal Association: Global Warming Debate Heats Up (PDF) - Corporate Legal Times, July, 2000

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Defective Votomatic Voting System

• Bush vs. Gore: Evermore: Plaintiffs Use High Court Voting Case in Other
  Lawsuits (PDF) - American Bar Association Journal, May, 2001

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Vermont Rape Case

• Choosing Between Their Son and the Law (PDF) - Los Angeles Times, June 13, 1996
  

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Richard Busa's Patriotic Helmet

• Newton fire chief LaCroix softens ban on helmet stickersr- Wicked Local Newton, January 13, 2009
• Newton Fire Dept. bans all helmet stickers - Wicked Local Newton, January 8, 2009
• Jake backs down - Wicked Local Newton, December 22, 2008
• Newton firefighter with flag on helmet says he may quit job - Wicked Local Newton, December 17, 2008
• Patriotic firefighter told to repaint helmet - The Boston Globe, December 17, 2008
• Newton firefighter ordered to remove American flag from helmet - Wicked Local Newton, December 16, 2008
• Mountain: Only in Newton would an American hero be treated like this - Wicked Local Newton, December 15, 2008