The Maryland Supreme Court dismissed local lawsuits against fossil fuel companies that demanded payouts over climate change on Tuesday. Baltimore, Annapolis, and Anne Arundel County filed 3 separate lawsuits against 26 multinational fossil fuel companies for damages caused by global greenhouse gas emissions.
The Maryland Supreme Court ruled against the three and said the regulation of interstate pollution has historically been in the jurisdiction of the federal government rather than the states.
Baltimore filed a lawsuit against the oil and gas companies in 2018, with Annapolis and Anne Arundel County filing similar lawsuits in 2021, according to the Maryland Supreme Court’s opinion. Baltimore alleged in their suit that the companies misled the public about fossil fuel’s dangers.
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The suit claimed their conduct “actually and proximately caused the sea levels to rise,” “increased coastal erosion,” “increased the destructive impacts of storm surges,” and “disrupted the hydrological cycle.”
Baltimore alleged the oil
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