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Exxon Doubles Its Defense, Urges Mass. State Court To Toss Mass. Attorney General's Climate Fraud Case With Two Motions To Dismiss

Exxon Doubles Its Defense, Urges Mass. State Court To Toss Mass. Attorney General's Climate Fraud Case With Two Motions To Dismiss

ExxonMobil is pushing back, and trying to play the victim card, in response to a climate change accountability lawsuit filed in October 2019 by the Massachusetts attorney general alleging investor and consumer fraud over the oil major’s statements and advertising pertaining to its fossil fuel products and their impacts

Baltimore And Its Backers Brief U.S. Supreme Court, Push Back Against Oil Companies' Arguments

Baltimore And Its Backers Brief U.S. Supreme Court, Push Back Against Oil Companies' Arguments

The city of Baltimore and its supporters in litigation against the fossil fuel industry over climate damages are pushing back against industry arguments in oil companies’ appeal before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will hear the case on January 19, 2021. In recent briefs submitted in December to the

Exxon - Facing Lawsuit From Connecticut Over Alleged 'Decades of Deception' - Misleads Court About The Lawsuit, State Tells Court

Exxon - Facing Lawsuit From Connecticut Over Alleged 'Decades of Deception' - Misleads Court About The Lawsuit, State Tells Court

Connecticut told a federal court in a Dec. 2 filing that its lawsuit accusing oil giant ExxonMobil of deceptive behavior regarding the fossil fuel business and consequences on the climate should be sent back to state court. The state also said Exxon has mischaracterized the lawsuit, arguing the case presents

Here's How Big Oil Wants The Supreme Court To Help Delay And Derail Climate Lawsuits

Here's How Big Oil Wants The Supreme Court To Help Delay And Derail Climate Lawsuits

Story originally published by DeSmog On January 19, 2021 — just one day before President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office — the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a climate change accountability lawsuit brought by Baltimore, Maryland, against almost two dozen fossil fuel corporations. Like over a dozen

Procedural Updates In U.S. Climate Lawsuits Against Big Oil

Procedural Updates In U.S. Climate Lawsuits Against Big Oil

Fossil fuel corporations facing a slew of climate accountability lawsuits from municipalities and states are fighting vigorously to have the cases litigated in federal rather than state courts. Here is where the lawsuits stand* heading into December 2020: * Procedural updates based on info from the Center for Climate Integrity. CCI

Fossil Fuel Lawyers Ignore Baltimore's Claims Of Deception, Say Supreme Court Should Rule City's Climate Case Belongs In Federal Court

Fossil Fuel Lawyers Ignore Baltimore's Claims Of Deception, Say Supreme Court Should Rule City's Climate Case Belongs In Federal Court

Lawyers representing BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and other big oil and gas companies are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to find that a climate liability lawsuit brought against them by the city of Baltimore raises numerous federal issues and inherently belongs in federal courts, where the industry sees a clear

Federal Judge: Rhode Island's Climate Fraud Lawsuit Against Big Oil Belongs In State Court

Federal Judge: Rhode Island's Climate Fraud Lawsuit Against Big Oil Belongs In State Court

Story originally published by Drilled News A federal judge has ruled that Rhode Island’s climate liability case against 21 oil and gas corporations belongs in state court, where the state originally filed it in 2018. The Oct. 29 decision by the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals aligns

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