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Carrboro, NC Sues Duke Energy In First Climate Deception Case Targeting An Electric Utility

Carrboro, NC Sues Duke Energy In First Climate Deception Case Targeting An Electric Utility

Lawsuit follows several new climate and plastics deception cases filed against Big Oil. A North Carolina community is taking utility goliath Duke Energy to court alleging a decades-long campaign of climate deception that has delayed the transition away from fossil fuels and exacerbated damaging climate change impacts like severe storms,

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

What A Trump Second Term Signals For Climate Court Clashes

What A Trump Second Term Signals For Climate Court Clashes

With Donald Trump’s victory in this year’s US presidential election, the courts will continue to be an important arena to watch in terms of efforts to both safeguard and weaken climate and environmental protection and to strive for accountability. At the federal level, environmental organizations are already gearing

Court Considers Whether To Advance Youth Case Challenging Alaska LNG Project

Court Considers Whether To Advance Youth Case Challenging Alaska LNG Project

Young Alaskans suing their state government over development of a massive new fossil fuel project were in court this week with their attorneys arguing that their case should proceed to trial. “These youth come to the court because their health and safety and their access to critical natural resources that

The Challenge Of Compliance: Landmark Court Verdicts Face Snubs, Defiance From Defendants

The Challenge Of Compliance: Landmark Court Verdicts Face Snubs, Defiance From Defendants

Winning a climate accountability lawsuit is one thing. Ensuring compliance with the court verdict is another matter. When the European Court of Human Rights ruled in April this year that the Swiss government’s climate policies and protection measures were insufficient to safeguard citizens’ human rights, civil society statements and

From North Dakota To Vermont, States Are Emerging As Key Battlegrounds In Climate Court Fights

From North Dakota To Vermont, States Are Emerging As Key Battlegrounds In Climate Court Fights

The United States is a hotspot for climate litigation – there are currently more than 30 lawsuits brought by states and municipalities seeking to hold major fossil fuel companies liable for their longstanding campaigns of climate denial and deception, and young people have brought constitutional climate claims against their government at

Youth Suing US Government Over Climate Turn To The Supreme Court – Why Some Legal Experts Are Worried

Youth Suing US Government Over Climate Turn To The Supreme Court – Why Some Legal Experts Are Worried

Petition aims to reverse decision terminating landmark lawsuit. Plus, why another climate case pending before the nation’s highest court could be “game over” for US climate law. In a move that some climate law experts have cautioned against, the 21 young people suing the United States government in the

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