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Colorado Governor And State Agency Sued For Missing Deadline To Act On Climate

Colorado Governor And State Agency Sued For Missing Deadline To Act On Climate

Colorado Governor Jared Polis and a state environmental agency are facing a new lawsuit filed by an environmental advocacy group arguing the government failed to meet a legally required deadline to issue rules for reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions as mandated by statute. The lawsuit, filed July 9

Appeals Court Rules Colorado Climate Case Can Proceed In State Court

Appeals Court Rules Colorado Climate Case Can Proceed In State Court

Colorado communities suing oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy over local climate impacts and associated costs can advance their case in Colorado state court, a federal appeals court has ruled. It is the latest setback for fossil fuel companies fighting similar climate liability lawsuits across the country. The Tenth Circuit

DC Is The Latest To Sue Exxon And Big Oil For Climate Disinformation Campaigns

DC Is The Latest To Sue Exxon And Big Oil For Climate Disinformation Campaigns

Story originally published by DeSmog Washington, D.C. is suing the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies — BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell — for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change, including historically undermining climate science and even now using deceptive advertising about the companies’ role in leading solutions to the

Minnesota Attorney General Sues Exxon, Koch And API For Climate Deception

Minnesota Attorney General Sues Exxon, Koch And API For Climate Deception

Story originally published by DeSmog Minnesota has officially joined the climate accountability movement with the announcement on Wednesday, June 24 of a groundbreaking lawsuit against fossil fuel behemoths such as ExxonMobil and Koch Industries and the nation's largest oil and gas lobbying group for alleged deception on climate

Fossil Fuel Companies And Their Supporters Ask Supreme Court To Intervene In Climate Lawsuits

Fossil Fuel Companies And Their Supporters Ask Supreme Court To Intervene In Climate Lawsuits

Story originally published by DeSmog California communities last month got an important procedural win in their efforts to get fossil fuel companies to pay for climate-related impacts. On May 26, a federal appeals court ruled that their lawsuits could go ahead in state court, which is their preferred venue, rather

Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Lawsuit In Florida

Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Lawsuit In Florida

A Florida state court judge ruled on June 1 to dismiss a climate change lawsuit against the state brought by eight young Floridians. The ruling is the latest in a string of setbacks for young people suing their governments at the state and federal levels over the climate crisis. These

In Colorado State Court, ExxonMobil And Suncor Urge Dismissal Of Climate Liability Lawsuit

In Colorado State Court, ExxonMobil And Suncor Urge Dismissal Of Climate Liability Lawsuit

In a hearing before the Boulder County District Court on June 1, attorneys representing ExxonMobil and Suncor argued that a climate liability lawsuit brought by three Colorado communities should be dismissed on multiple grounds. The lawsuit, originally filed in April 2018 by the counties of Boulder and San Miguel and

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