On May 17, federal Magistrate Judge John Jelderks denied Owens Corning’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit against it, ruling in Plaintiffs’ favor on every issue. Owens Corning had moved to dismiss the case, arguing among other things that the Plaintiffs lacked standing to bring suit based on injuries that could result from the facility’s emission of HCFC 142b, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance. In it’s May 17th ruling, the court ruled that the Plaintiffs had standing to sue for these global problems.