Climate change: A federal judge on Tuesday ruled to dismiss lawsuits filed by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland against BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and Chevron Corp. The dismissed lawsuits alleged the companies should pay to protect the cities’ residents from the impacts of climate change but the judge ruled that while global warming was a real threat, it must be fixed “by our political branches,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
Harley havoc: President Donald Trump lashed out at and threatened Harley-Davidson with steep punitive taxes after the company announced plans to move some of its production abroad in response to stiff retaliatory tariffs the European Union imposed in answer to Trump’s trade measures, The New York Times reports. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the president accused the company of surrendering in his trade war with Europe. Read the full story.
Wayfair fallout: After last week’s Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, which made state sales taxes applicable online, the National Association for the Self-Employed and other business groups are calling on Congress to act immediately to challenge the ruling, which they say threatens small businesses with an online presence.
