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Supreme Court Invites US Government Input In Honolulu Climate Case As Oil Companies Attempt To Evade Trial

Supreme Court Invites US Government Input In Honolulu Climate Case As Oil Companies Attempt To Evade Trial

As climate accountability lawsuits targeting major oil and gas companies in the US continue mounting, the US Supreme Court on Monday issued an order addressing a pair of pending petitions from Big Oil that aim to stop a case filed by Honolulu, Hawaii from advancing to trial. Rather than deny

Youth Take Alaska To Court In Constitutional Challenge To Fossil Gas Mega-Project

Youth Take Alaska To Court In Constitutional Challenge To Fossil Gas Mega-Project

Latest youth climate lawsuit targets the Alaska LNG Project, which is expected to generate billions of tons of climate pollution. Eight young Alaskans have sued the state of Alaska and a state-created corporation in an attempt to prevent a massive new fossil gas project from proceeding. The lawsuit, Sagoonick v.

US States And Communities Are Suing Big Oil For Its Damaging Climate Lies. Will The US Federal Government Follow Suit?

US States And Communities Are Suing Big Oil For Its Damaging Climate Lies. Will The US Federal Government Follow Suit?

Lawyer who led the federal case against Big Tobacco tells Congress a Justice Department probe against the petroleum industry is appropriate. As climate change deception lawsuits filed by US states and municipalities against oil and gas majors continue to wind their way through the courts, pressure is building on the

Court Grants US Government's Request To Terminate Juliana v. US Youth Climate Case

Court Grants US Government's Request To Terminate Juliana v. US Youth Climate Case

A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court has shut down a rights-based climate lawsuit brought by 21 young people against the US federal government before the case could get to trial. With the court’s order this time, it appears the landmark case could be permanently ended. The Ninth

Industry Allies Amplify Big Oil's Demand For US Supreme Court To End Climate Accountability Lawsuits

Industry Allies Amplify Big Oil's Demand For US Supreme Court To End Climate Accountability Lawsuits

These fossil fuel friends - including a former US Attorney General - are fighting against climate cases in US courts. Oil and gas industry trade associations, corporate-backed legal organizations, Republican attorneys general and other fossil fuel industry allies recently filed court briefs supporting Big Oil’s latest bid to have

Pennsylvania County Takes On Big Oil As Climate Deception Cases Continue Mounting

Pennsylvania County Takes On Big Oil As Climate Deception Cases Continue Mounting

A county in southeastern Pennsylvania just north of Philadelphia filed a climate accountability lawsuit on Monday against a handful of major oil and gas companies and their chief trade association, seeking to hold them liable for rising costs associated with recovering from and preparing for increasingly severe climate impacts such

Youth And Their Attorneys Push Back On Government Attempts To Avoid Accountability In US Climate Lawsuits

Youth And Their Attorneys Push Back On Government Attempts To Avoid Accountability In US Climate Lawsuits

Attorneys representing young Americans in two separate constitutional climate lawsuits - one at the state level in Montana and the other against the federal government - have filed response briefs as government defendants in each case seek to evade accountability through the courts for policies and actions that exacerbate dangerous

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