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Fossil Fuel Companies Keep Getting Sued Over Climate Impacts. Here's Where The Cases Stand

Fossil Fuel Companies Keep Getting Sued Over Climate Impacts. Here's Where The Cases Stand

Story originally published by DeSmog September saw a flurry of new lawsuits filed by cities and states against major fossil fuel companies over the climate crisis and the resulting impacts that are already being felt. After Hoboken, New Jersey sued Big Oil and its largest trade association, the American Petroleum

Court To Decide If Kids Suing Canada Over Climate Get A Trial

Court To Decide If Kids Suing Canada Over Climate Get A Trial

Should young people suing their national government over climate change get the chance to tell their stories, and present climate science, at a courtroom trial? That is the question pending before the Federal Court of Canada, which heard arguments last week in a constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 15 youths

Supreme Court Will Hear Fossil Fuel's Appeal Of Baltimore's Climate Lawsuit

Supreme Court Will Hear Fossil Fuel's Appeal Of Baltimore's Climate Lawsuit

Story originally published by Drilled News The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to intervene in a climate liability lawsuit brought against 26 fossil fuel companies by Baltimore, which seeks to hold them responsible for the substantial costs of grappling with the heavy impacts of climate change. In their petition, BP,

Court Set To Hear Arguments In Youth Climate Lawsuit Against Canadian Federal Government

Court Set To Hear Arguments In Youth Climate Lawsuit Against Canadian Federal Government

A landmark constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 15 young Canadians against Canada’s federal government will come before a court this week for two days of hearings to determine if the case will advance to trial. Should the case go to trial, it would be one of the first courtroom

Rhode Island Judge Refuses To Toss Climate Adaptation Lawsuit Against Shell

Rhode Island Judge Refuses To Toss Climate Adaptation Lawsuit Against Shell

A federal district judge in Rhode Island has ruled to allow a climate adaptation lawsuit brought by a New England environmental law organization against oil major Shell to advance towards discovery and trial. According to Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), the organization suing Shell over climate risks to its oil storage

How Congress Can Support Lawsuits Demanding Climate Accountability

How Congress Can Support Lawsuits Demanding Climate Accountability

Story originally published by DeSmog On Wednesday, September 23, several members of Congress introduced a resolution in both houses that supports the principles and demands of the 21 youth suing the U.S. government in the landmark constitutional climate case Juliana v. United States. Titled the “Children’s Fundamental Rights

Polish Court Recognizes Climate Damage, Rules Coal Plant Operators Negotiate Closure With Environmental Lawyers

Polish Court Recognizes Climate Damage, Rules Coal Plant Operators Negotiate Closure With Environmental Lawyers

A judge in Poland has ruled that operators of the Bełchatów coal plant – Europe’s single biggest emitter of carbon pollution – must negotiate a settlement with environmental lawyers that brought a lawsuit last year over the coal plant’s destructive environmental and climate impacts. The ruling, which followed a hearing

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