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What A Trump Second Term Signals For Climate Court Clashes
With Donald Trump’s victory in this year’s US presidential election, the courts will continue to be an important arena to watch in terms of efforts to both safeguard and weaken climate and environmental protection and to strive for accountability. At the federal level, environmental organizations are already gearing
The Challenge Of Compliance: Landmark Court Verdicts Face Snubs, Defiance From Defendants
Winning a climate accountability lawsuit is one thing. Ensuring compliance with the court verdict is another matter.
When the European Court of Human Rights ruled in April this year that the Swiss government’s climate policies and protection measures were insufficient to safeguard citizens’ human rights, civil society statements and
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
Climate Change Is Killing People. Could Fossil Fuel Companies Be Held Criminally Responsible?
Story originally published by Sierra
Horrific wildfires. Catastrophic flooding and storms. Oppressive heat. Already, the climate crisis is fueling extreme weather disasters across the United States that are costing billions of dollars in damage—while also taking human lives. Dozens of Americans have died as a result of Hurricane Beryl,
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?
Industry Allies Amplify Big Oil's Demand For US Supreme Court To End Climate Accountability Lawsuits
These fossil fuel friends - including a former US Attorney General - are fighting against climate cases in US courts.
Oil and gas industry trade associations, corporate-backed legal organizations, Republican attorneys general and other fossil fuel industry allies recently filed court briefs supporting Big Oil’s latest bid to have