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Big Oil Urges US Supreme Court To "Put a Stop" To Climate Deception Lawsuits

Big Oil Urges US Supreme Court To "Put a Stop" To Climate Deception Lawsuits

Lawyers representing oil and gas industry defendants in a climate lawsuit brought by the city and county of Honolulu are calling on the US Supreme Court to quash this suit and others targeting the industry as the cases start advancing towards trial. Warning that the industry faces the threat of

New York Files Climate Greenwashing Suit Against Beef Giant JBS

New York Files Climate Greenwashing Suit Against Beef Giant JBS

The State of New York has filed a climate lawsuit against JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, seeking to hold it accountable for alleged misrepresentations and misleading marketing. The company has engaged in deceptive business practices and fraud through greenwashing claims about the environmental sustainability of its beef products

Why Is The Biden DOJ Blocking A Landmark Youth Climate Suit?

Why Is The Biden DOJ Blocking A Landmark Youth Climate Suit?

Piece originally published by Drilled In late December, a federal district court judge in Oregon issued a ruling that put a landmark youth constitutional climate lawsuit against the federal government firmly back on path towards trial. “The judiciary is capable and duty-bound to provide redress for the irreparable harm government

Chicago Sues Big Oil Over Climate Deception

Chicago Sues Big Oil Over Climate Deception

The city of Chicago filed a climate accountability lawsuit against half a dozen major oil and gas companies and their chief lobbyist group the American Petroleum Institute, charging them with deceptive conduct that resulted in escalating climate-related damages and costs incurred by the city and its residents. Chicago’s lawsuit

Montana Defendants Claim Trial Judge "Had No Authority" To Rule On Historic Youth Climate Case

Montana Defendants Claim Trial Judge "Had No Authority" To Rule On Historic Youth Climate Case

In August 2023, Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley issued what has been described as a “landmark” and “historic” win for the sixteen young people who sued their state government over a policy that bans regulators from even considering climate change in routine environmental impact assessments. Following a seven-day trial

State Court Declines To Toss Out Delaware's Climate Accountability Case

State Court Declines To Toss Out Delaware's Climate Accountability Case

The state of Delaware’s lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for alleged climate deception and climate-related costs is one step closer to trial after a state court judge refused to completely dismiss defendants’ bids to toss out the case. Superior Court Judge Mary M. Johnston issued an

Youth Climate Case Against US Government Should Go To Trial, Court Rules (Again)

Youth Climate Case Against US Government Should Go To Trial, Court Rules (Again)

A federal trial court judge in Oregon has rejected the US government’s latest attempts to quash the constitutional climate case Juliana v. United States, once again allowing the youth-led civil rights lawsuit to advance to trial. In a ruling issued on December 29, 2023, US District Judge Ann Aiken

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