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

Members of the KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz association protest in opposition to the Swiss parliamentarians' political interference in a legal judgment issued by the European Court of Human Rights. Their demand to the parliamentarians: Respect the law! Credit: © Miriam Künzli / Greenpeace

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

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

Utah Supreme Court Hears Appeal Of Youth Climate Case Challenging State’s Fossil Fuel Energy Policies

A group of seven young people from Utah who sued their state government over policies that promote and perpetuate fossil fuels were back in court on Wednesday as the Utah Supreme Court heard arguments on the youth plaintiffs’ appeal of the case’s dismissal. The case, Natalie R. v. State

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