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Vermont v. Big Oil In Court: State’s Climate Deception Case Moves Closer To Trial, While Industry Allies Challenge Landmark Climate Superfund Law

Vermont v. Big Oil In Court: State’s Climate Deception Case Moves Closer To Trial, While Industry Allies Challenge Landmark Climate Superfund Law

The Green Mountain State “has become ground zero for climate litigation” The state of Vermont is a step closer to putting Big Oil on trial for alleged climate change deception with a recent state court ruling rejecting oil companies’ motions to dismiss the state’s climate accountability case. At the

US Government Says Supreme Court Should Not Intervene In Climate Deception Lawsuits Against Oil Companies

US Government Says Supreme Court Should Not Intervene In Climate Deception Lawsuits Against Oil Companies

The Department of Justice has recommended that the US Supreme Court deny pending petitions filed by oil and gas companies and a group of Republican-led states that seek to stop climate lawsuits targeting the oil industry over alleged deception from advancing towards trial. In briefs filed this week with the

A Dutch Appeals Court Nixed A Landmark Emissions Reduction Order Against Shell. What Comes Next For Corporate Climate Accountability Litigation?

A Dutch Appeals Court Nixed A Landmark Emissions Reduction Order Against Shell. What Comes Next For Corporate Climate Accountability Litigation?

Citing "Catastrophic Climate Effects," Maine Joins In Litigation Against Oil Companies

Citing "Catastrophic Climate Effects," Maine Joins In Litigation Against Oil Companies

Story originally published by The New Lede Maine on Tuesday became the latest government entity to bring legal claims against several major oil and gas companies, alleging the companies and their chief trade association, the American Petroleum Institute, have deliberately misled the public about the climate consequences of burning fossil

Court Reverses Historic Climate Verdict Against Shell

Court Reverses Historic Climate Verdict Against Shell

Shell succeeds on appeal, but still has legal responsibility to limit its emissions. In a clear setback for climate campaigners, a court in the Netherlands on Tuesday reversed a landmark 2021 judicial ruling requiring Shell, one of the biggest oil and gas producers in the world, to cut CO2 emissions

Dutch Court Set To Rule In Appeal Of Landmark Climate Court Case Verdict Against Shell

Dutch Court Set To Rule In Appeal Of Landmark Climate Court Case Verdict Against Shell

The Hague Court of Appeal in the Netherlands will issue its much-anticipated decision this week in the landmark climate case Miliuedefensie et al. v. Shell, which saw climate campaigners win a historic verdict against the oil major in May 2021 that Shell has since appealed. The appeals court’s ruling

Fossil Fuel Firms Face Rising Tide Of Climate Litigation – Report

Fossil Fuel Firms Face Rising Tide Of Climate Litigation – Report

New analysis finds that oil, gas and coal producers are exposed to growing litigation risk as the climate crisis worsens. Article co-published with One Earth Now Communities, civil society organizations and individuals around the world are increasingly taking some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies to court in

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