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Lawsuit Targets Shell's Board Of Directors Over Energy Transition Plans

Story originally published in DeSmog Shell’s board of directors officially has been served with a world-first lawsuit aiming to hold its corporate directors personally liable for alleged mismanagement of climate risk. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by UK-based environmental law organization ClientEarth, contends that Shell’s strategy to address climate

Congressional Probe Of Big Oil’s Climate Disinformation Could Boost Climate Accountability Litigation Already Underway

Congressional Probe Of Big Oil’s Climate Disinformation Could Boost Climate Accountability Litigation Already Underway

Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform have wrapped up a historic investigation into Big Oil’s obstruction and obfuscation of climate and the clean energy transition and are handing the torch off for others to continue to the probe and to press for accountability. The

Swedish Youth Lodge Class-Action, Rights-Based Climate Lawsuit Against Their National Government

Swedish Youth Lodge Class-Action, Rights-Based Climate Lawsuit Against Their National Government

The latest youth climate lawsuit challenging the government’s response to the climate crisis has been filed in Sweden. On Friday, November 25 an association called Aurora announced the lawsuit against the Swedish state. The youth-led association, representing over 600 young people born between 1996 and 2015, filed its case

First Climate Lawsuit In Finland Challenges Government’s Climate Law Compliance

First Climate Lawsuit In Finland Challenges Government’s Climate Law Compliance

Finland is facing a legal challenge from environmental groups alleging the government is in breach of its obligations under a new climate law. According to Greenpeace, it is the first climate litigation to arise in the Nordic country. Greenpeace Norden and the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation filed an administrative

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

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