Federal Judge Tosses Plagiarized Climate Lawsuit In Puerto Rico
San Juan’s cookie-cutter climate lawfare becomes Puerto Rico’s third and final case to fall.
by Mandi Risko October 15, 2025, 1:24 PM
A federal judge in Puerto Rico has dismissed San Juan’s copycat climate lawsuit, dealing a decisive blow to the last remaining of three climate cases in the Commonwealth. [emphasis, links added]
U.S. District Judge Aida M. Delgado-Colón dismissed all claims against the defendants and denied San Juan the opportunity to amend its complaint, further cementing the fact that these cases simply don’t hold water.
“Carbon Copy” Lawsuit Dismissed
San Juan’s complaint borrowed extensively from a lawsuit filed by the Municipalities of Puerto Rico, which was dismissed last month.
In her order, Judge Delgado-Colón found that because the San Juan filing mirrored that case so closely, the same legal reasoning applied:
https://climatechangedispatch.com/federal-judge-dismisses-san-juan-climate-lawsuit/
