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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

Supreme Court Showdown In Baltimore Climate Case: Why Trump's Influence Will Be On Display

Supreme Court Showdown In Baltimore Climate Case: Why Trump's Influence Will Be On Display

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments tomorrow, January 19, in a lawsuit brought by the City of Baltimore against nearly two dozen fossil fuel companies seeking to hold them accountable for alleged deception regarding the climate damages of their products. But the hearing will not

Trump EPA Sued Over "Do Nothing" Rule On Airplane Climate Pollution

Trump EPA Sued Over "Do Nothing" Rule On Airplane Climate Pollution

Environmental groups and a coalition of states led by Democratic attorneys general are suing the outgoing Trump administration over a new rule that they say fail to effectively regulate carbon pollution from airplanes. The petitioning groups and states are slamming the new regulations as “insufficient” and “do nothing” standards because

French "Case Of The Century," Alleging France Is Falling Short On Climate Action, Comes Before Administrative Court In Key Hearing

French "Case Of The Century," Alleging France Is Falling Short On Climate Action, Comes Before Administrative Court In Key Hearing

* UPDATE (1/16/21) – France is at fault and could indeed be held responsible for failing to take sufficient climate action, the public rapporteur (an independent advisor to the court) concluded. This finding is an important step towards climate justice in France. As the coalition of environmental and human rights

Exxon Doubles Its Defense, Urges Mass. State Court To Toss Mass. Attorney General's Climate Fraud Case With Two Motions To Dismiss

Exxon Doubles Its Defense, Urges Mass. State Court To Toss Mass. Attorney General's Climate Fraud Case With Two Motions To Dismiss

ExxonMobil is pushing back, and trying to play the victim card, in response to a climate change accountability lawsuit filed in October 2019 by the Massachusetts attorney general alleging investor and consumer fraud over the oil major’s statements and advertising pertaining to its fossil fuel products and their impacts

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