A Maryland Judge Has Sided With Oil Companies In Dismissing Baltimore's Climate Liability Lawsuit. What Might It Mean For Other Climate Cases Against Big Oil, And Where Do The Cases Stand?

In the face of government inaction and corporate impunity in worsening climate crisis, courts are playing a critical role, new analysis finds. Co-published with One Earth Now On June 24, 2015, the Hague District Court in the Netherlands handed down a world-first ruling in a climate lawsuit brought by the

Young Montanans who won a landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit against their state government are headed back to court, seeking to enforce the judgment recognizing their right to a healthy environment and stable climate and to strike down newly enacted state laws that they say infringe upon this right. Lawyers

By Dana Drugmand, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Two homeowners in Washington state who have seen sharp increases in their home insurance premiums in recent years