Santa Monica Mirror: The City of Santa Monica was one of a half dozen plaintiffs in a lawsuit settled on Friday, February 6, establishing “important legal precedents related to global warming,” said a statement released jointly by the plaintiffs. The suit was filed in August 2002 by Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, and the city of Boulder, Colorado, who were later joined by the California cities of Santa Monica, Arcata, and Oakland. Probably the most significant result of Friday’s settlement is that it …