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Youth Climate Lawsuits In Canada Advance To Critical Hearing And Trial

Youth Climate Lawsuits In Canada Advance To Critical Hearing And Trial

A case challenging Ontario’s weakened climate policy could be on the verge of a precedent-setting victory after Canada’s Supreme Court denies government’s leave to appeal, while a suit against the Canadian federal government is set to go to trial next year. Courts in Canada will soon have

Hawaii Sues Big Oil For Alleged Climate Deception After Trump Administration Tried To Block The Litigation

Hawaii Sues Big Oil For Alleged Climate Deception After Trump Administration Tried To Block The Litigation

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. By Dana Drugmand, Inside Climate News The state of Hawaii has joined an intensifying legal battle by states and communities across the country to

Youth Continue Climate Court Battles Against Governments

Youth Continue Climate Court Battles Against Governments

Young climate activists in Europe and the United States who have faced setbacks in their lawsuits challenging government climate policies are continuing to turn to courts in renewed attempts at accountability, filing fresh cases and appeals as they seek to hold governments accountable for exacerbating the climate emergency. In Sweden,

Dutch Climate Campaigners Sue The Netherlands’s Largest Bank

Dutch Climate Campaigners Sue The Netherlands’s Largest Bank

The Dutch environmental NGO Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) formally filed a lawsuit today against ING, the largest bank in the Netherlands, challenging the bank’s climate policies. The lawsuit seeks to compel ING to align its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. By taking

Top US Court Officially Ends Landmark Youth Climate Suit Against The Federal Government

Top US Court Officially Ends Landmark Youth Climate Suit Against The Federal Government

Juliana v. US case is closed after US Supreme Court denies cert petition. But lawyers for youth plaintiffs say the “fight is far from over.” The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition to review a landmark youth constitutional climate lawsuit against the US federal government that an appellate

Judge Dismisses Case Challenging Alaska LNG Project In Latest Setback For Youth Climate Cases

Judge Dismisses Case Challenging Alaska LNG Project In Latest Setback For Youth Climate Cases

An Alaskan state court judge has dismissed a youth climate case seeking to halt the state’s development of a massive new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, deciding that the youths’ constitutional challenge to a state law authorizing the project is beyond judicial review. In a March 10 order granting

Puerto Rican Communities Can Proceed With Federal RICO Claims Against Big Oil In Climate Deception Suit, Judge Rules

Puerto Rican Communities Can Proceed With Federal RICO Claims Against Big Oil In Climate Deception Suit, Judge Rules

The magistrate judge’s decision sustaining federal racketeering and antitrust claims puts the case on track for trial. A major class action climate lawsuit brought by Puerto Rican municipalities against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies is a step closer to reaching trial after a federal magistrate

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