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Kids' Climate Case Advances In Hawaii

Kids' Climate Case Advances In Hawaii

Story originally published in DeSmog A judge in Hawaii has cleared the way for a youth climate case challenging the state’s fossil fuel-dependent transportation system to proceed to trial. The case, which invokes the Hawaiian constitution’s environmental guarantees, will be the second climate trial based on constitutional claims

Biden Administration Deals A Legal Blow To Big Oil

Biden Administration Deals A Legal Blow To Big Oil

President Passes a major climate test as Department of Justice backs state and city climate change lawsuits. Story originally published in SIERRA The Biden administration failed a major climate test last month when it granted approval of the controversial Willow project in Alaska—and in the process shattered the president’

International Courts Take On Climate With Historic Hearings And Resolution

International Courts Take On Climate With Historic Hearings And Resolution

Story originally published in DeSmog Two historic developments last week are putting the climate crisis squarely on the docket of some of the world’s highest courts. On March 29, an international human rights court in Europe held a pair of hearings addressing government responsibility on climate change for the

European Court Of Human Rights Holds Its First Hearings On Climate

European Court Of Human Rights Holds Its First Hearings On Climate

For the first time, an international human rights court in Europe held a pair of hearings on cases seeking to hold governments accountable for their role in contributing to the climate crisis and allegedly failing to protect citizens from worsening climate impacts such as extreme heat and flooding. The two

Montana Repeals State Energy Policy As Climate Trial Nears

Montana Repeals State Energy Policy As Climate Trial Nears

Story originally published in DeSmog Montana has repealed its 30-year-old energy policy – including a 2011 amendment that prioritized fossil-fuel development. The move comes as a June trial date approaches for a youth-led climate lawsuit against the state. In the lawsuit, Held v. State of Montana, sixteen Montana children and teenagers

Climate Cases Set For Historic Hearings This Week At European Court Of Human Rights

Climate Cases Set For Historic Hearings This Week At European Court Of Human Rights

Climate change is on the docket this week at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. The European court will hold its first ever public hearings on climate in two high-profile cases that could have far reaching consequences in terms of clarifying states’ legal obligations on climate action

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

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