Judge tosses California globo warming suit

AP/San Diego Union-Tribune:

A federal judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit filed by California that sought to hold the world's six largest automakers accountable for their contribution to global warming.

In its lawsuit filed last year, California blamed the auto industry for millions of dollars it expects to spend on repairing damage from global-warming induced floods and other natural disasters.

But District Judge Martin Jenkins in San Francisco handed California Attorney General Jerry Brown's environmental crusade a stinging rebuke when he ruled it was impossible to determine to what extent automakers are responsible for global-warming damages in California.

The judge also ruled that keeping the lawsuit alive would threaten the country's foreign policy position.

Jenkins said it's up to lawmakers, rather than judges, to determine how responsible automakers are for global warming problems.

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This is such a wise decision it is hard to believe it was from a Federal Court in San Francisco. I am sure that Jerry Brown is hoping the 9th Circus will bail him out, but seeing such common sense coming out of a lower court had to be a shock for the globo warmers.