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Homeowners Sue Oil Companies As Climate Damage Drives Up Insurance Rates

Homeowners Sue Oil Companies As Climate Damage Drives Up Insurance Rates

By Dana Drugmand, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Two homeowners in Washington state who have seen sharp increases in their home insurance premiums in recent years

Connecticut Court Advances State Consumer Protection Case Against ExxonMobil

Connecticut Court Advances State Consumer Protection Case Against ExxonMobil

A climate fraud case brought by the state of Connecticut against oil major ExxonMobil is moving forward after a state court judge last week denied the company’s bid to have the case dismissed. In a 69-page opinion issued on November 26, Connecticut Superior Court Judge John B. Farley rejected

Belgian Farmer Faces Off In Court Against French Oil Major

Belgian Farmer Faces Off In Court Against French Oil Major

A first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit in Belgium, featuring a smallholder farmer going up against one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, is coming before a court today in proceedings that will scrutinize the company’s role in contributing to the climate crisis. Lawyers representing farmer Hugues Falys

TotalEnergies Misled Consumers, Court Rules In Historic Greenwashing Judgment

TotalEnergies Misled Consumers, Court Rules In Historic Greenwashing Judgment

A French court has handed down a landmark ruling finding that the French oil major TotalEnergies misled consumers regarding its climate commitments. The company’s public-facing statements claiming to be a “major player in the energy transition” and to be striving to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 created a misleading

Philippine Typhoon Survivors Launch Legal Action Against Shell

Philippine Typhoon Survivors Launch Legal Action Against Shell

Co-published with One Earth Now In December 2021 a powerful tropical storm gathered strength as it moved through the superheated waters of the Philippine Sea, rapidly intensifying from a category 1 to a category 5 equivalent storm in just 24 hours before making landfall on Siargao Island in the southeastern

Maryland Supreme Court Hears Appeal In Municipalities’ Climate Deception Cases

Maryland Supreme Court Hears Appeal In Municipalities’ Climate Deception Cases

Lawsuits brought by Maryland municipalities against major fossil fuel companies over alleged deception and failure to warn about climate change risks came before the Maryland Supreme Court today as plaintiffs appeal lower court rulings dismissing their claims. And while plaintiffs’ counsel argued that those rulings were erroneous and based on

Suncor And Exxon Lodge Third Petition To US Supreme Court In Boulder Climate Case

Suncor And Exxon Lodge Third Petition To US Supreme Court In Boulder Climate Case

The companies are counting on a sympathetic Trump administration to bolster their position. Oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor are asking the US Supreme Court to review a ruling issued by Colorado’s highest court in May that allows the city and county of Boulder’s climate liability lawsuit against the

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