Newsletter www.sfchronicle.com Ninth Circuit to decide if pollution cases go to California or federal courts A federal appeals court seemed inclined Wednesday to allow some California cities and counties to sue oil companies for allegedly deceiving the public for decades about their industry's impact on greenhouse gases and climate change.
Politics A judge asks basic questions about climate change. We answer them California judge William Alsup put out a list of questions for a climate change 'tutorial' in a global warming case.