Analysis Commentary A Maryland Judge Has Sided With Oil Companies In Dismissing Baltimore's Climate Liability Lawsuit. What Might It Mean For Other Climate Cases Against Big Oil, And Where Do The Cases Stand? Credit: Mike Mozart (via Flickr), CC BY 2.0
Top US Court Officially Ends Landmark Youth Climate Suit Against The Federal Government Juliana v. US case is closed after US Supreme Court denies cert petition. But lawyers for youth plaintiffs say the “fight is far from over.” The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition to review a landmark youth constitutional climate lawsuit against the US federal government that an appellate
Judge Dismisses Case Challenging Alaska LNG Project In Latest Setback For Youth Climate Cases An Alaskan state court judge has dismissed a youth climate case seeking to halt the state’s development of a massive new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, deciding that the youths’ constitutional challenge to a state law authorizing the project is beyond judicial review. In a March 10 order granting
Puerto Rican Communities Can Proceed With Federal RICO Claims Against Big Oil In Climate Deception Suit, Judge Rules The magistrate judge’s decision sustaining federal racketeering and antitrust claims puts the case on track for trial. A major class action climate lawsuit brought by Puerto Rican municipalities against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies is a step closer to reaching trial after a federal magistrate