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US Justice Department Tells Supreme Court To Reject Big Oil Petition In Colorado Climate Lawsuit

US Justice Department Tells Supreme Court To Reject Big Oil Petition In Colorado Climate Lawsuit

Story originally published in DeSmog Communities in the United States suing major fossil fuel producers over climate-related harms got a boost in court on Thursday. At the request of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Department of Justice weighed in on a key procedural question that has been ensnaring the

Congressional Probe Of Big Oil’s Climate Disinformation Could Boost Climate Accountability Litigation Already Underway

Congressional Probe Of Big Oil’s Climate Disinformation Could Boost Climate Accountability Litigation Already Underway

Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform have wrapped up a historic investigation into Big Oil’s obstruction and obfuscation of climate and the clean energy transition and are handing the torch off for others to continue to the probe and to press for accountability. The

Climate Scientists And Experts Take Legal Action Against EPA To Compel Climate Action Under Chemical Statute

Climate Scientists And Experts Take Legal Action Against EPA To Compel Climate Action Under Chemical Statute

A group of scientific, medical and policy experts – including renowned climate scientist Dr. James Hansen – is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to compel the agency to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under a federal statute designed to control hazardous chemical substances. The climate experts filed

Judge Deals Latest Blow To Big Oil In DC Climate Fraud Case

Judge Deals Latest Blow To Big Oil In DC Climate Fraud Case

Story originally published in DeSmog In recent years, communities across the United States increasingly have turned to the courts to hold oil and gas companies accountable for alleged fraud — which has worsened the climate crisis — and now those lawsuits are inching towards trial. Despite dogged attempts from industry lawyers to

Lawyers For Young People Suing Utah Over Fossil Fuel Energy Policy Urge Court To Greenlight Case For Trial

Lawyers For Young People Suing Utah Over Fossil Fuel Energy Policy Urge Court To Greenlight Case For Trial

UPDATE: On November 9, 2022 Judge Faust issued a decision in favor of the state to dismiss the case. According to Our Children's Trust, he cited issues such as redressability (the ability for the dispute to be adequately remedied), the political question doctrine, and substantive due process as

New Jersey Is Latest State To Take Big Oil To Court Over Climate Crisis

New Jersey Is Latest State To Take Big Oil To Court Over Climate Crisis

ExxonMobil and several other major oil companies facing a barrage of climate liability lawsuits from U.S. cities, counties and states were served with yet another legal complaint last month, from the state where Exxon originated and remains incorporated. On Tuesday, October 18 New Jersey became the seventh state thus

Trump EPA Sued Over "Do Nothing" Rule On Airplane Climate Pollution

Trump EPA Sued Over "Do Nothing" Rule On Airplane Climate Pollution

Environmental groups and a coalition of states led by Democratic attorneys general are suing the outgoing Trump administration over a new rule that they say fail to effectively regulate carbon pollution from airplanes. The petitioning groups and states are slamming the new regulations as “insufficient” and “do nothing” standards because

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