Frivolous Lawsuit Alert

The New York Times is reporting that New York City is joining with 8 states in filing a lawsuit against utility companies:

Eight states and New York City plan to sue utilities today that they say are the country's biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas that scientists have linked to global warming.

The states and the city will not seek financial penalties but, according to a draft news release, will demand "substantial cuts" in the emissions, which they say "pose serious threats to our health, our economy and our environment.'' [...]

The states are California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. [...]

The companies named as defendants in the draft were American Electric Power, Cinergy, the Southern Company, the Tennessee Valley Authority and Xcel Energy.

American Electric Power and Cinergy are based in Ohio; the Southern Company is in Georgia; TVA is obviously in Tennessee; Xcel is from Minnesota.

None of these utilities is based in any of the states suing! Why isn't New York suing its own utility, Con Ed, if it believes in the suit? Why isn't New Jersey suing PSEG?

Meanwhile, The Washington Times is reporting that so-called greenhouse gases aren't the problem the left would have us believe:

The sun is burning hotter than usual, offering a possible explanation for global warming that needs to be weighed when proceeding with expensive efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, Swiss and German scientists say. [...]

It shows that there is enough happening on the solar front to merit further research. Perhaps we are devoting too many resources to correcting human effects on the climate without being sure that we are the major contributor," he said.