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Puerto Rican Cities Sue Fossil Fuel Companies In Major Class-Action, Climate Fraud Case

Puerto Rican Cities Sue Fossil Fuel Companies In Major Class-Action, Climate Fraud Case

Story originally published in DeSmog Nearly 25 years ago, oil major Shell predicted in an internal 1998 report that a class-action lawsuit would be brought against fossil fuel companies following “a series of violent storms.” That prediction is finally coming true: A group of Puerto Rican communities, which were ravaged

Climate Scientists And Experts Take Legal Action Against EPA To Compel Climate Action Under Chemical Statute

Climate Scientists And Experts Take Legal Action Against EPA To Compel Climate Action Under Chemical Statute

A group of scientific, medical and policy experts – including renowned climate scientist Dr. James Hansen – is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to compel the agency to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under a federal statute designed to control hazardous chemical substances. The climate experts filed

Judge Deals Latest Blow To Big Oil In DC Climate Fraud Case

Judge Deals Latest Blow To Big Oil In DC Climate Fraud Case

Story originally published in DeSmog In recent years, communities across the United States increasingly have turned to the courts to hold oil and gas companies accountable for alleged fraud — which has worsened the climate crisis — and now those lawsuits are inching towards trial. Despite dogged attempts from industry lawyers to

Lawyers For Young People Suing Utah Over Fossil Fuel Energy Policy Urge Court To Greenlight Case For Trial

Lawyers For Young People Suing Utah Over Fossil Fuel Energy Policy Urge Court To Greenlight Case For Trial

UPDATE: On November 9, 2022 Judge Faust issued a decision in favor of the state to dismiss the case. According to Our Children's Trust, he cited issues such as redressability (the ability for the dispute to be adequately remedied), the political question doctrine, and substantive due process as

New Jersey Is Latest State To Take Big Oil To Court Over Climate Crisis

New Jersey Is Latest State To Take Big Oil To Court Over Climate Crisis

ExxonMobil and several other major oil companies facing a barrage of climate liability lawsuits from U.S. cities, counties and states were served with yet another legal complaint last month, from the state where Exxon originated and remains incorporated. On Tuesday, October 18 New Jersey became the seventh state thus

The Rise In Forward-Looking Corporate Climate Cases: From Shell To Santos

The Rise In Forward-Looking Corporate Climate Cases: From Shell To Santos

Article originally published by Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Climate litigation has taken on even greater importance after the failure of COP26 to deliver the action and resources required to accelerate the energy transition and remedy mounting climate harms. As progress in international negotiating rooms stalls, litigation in national

Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Procedural Question In Baltimore's Climate Accountability Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies

Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Procedural Question In Baltimore's Climate Accountability Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies

A lawsuit brought by the City of Baltimore against nearly two dozen fossil fuel companies seeking to hold them accountable for climate harms stemming from their products reached the Supreme Court bench this week. Although the Court was not hearing the case on its merits or substance, the Justices appeared

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