On Tuesday, a federal district court in California issued a decision that could open the floodgates for climate-change litigation in federal courts around the country.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a procedural decision in California v. BP, LLC, a lawsuit brought by Oakland, San Francisco and various others against BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell for selling fossil-fuel products that they allege cause global warming.

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