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Panel Discussion Examines Strategies, Including Human Rights Claims, In European Climate Litigation

Panel Discussion Examines Strategies, Including Human Rights Claims, In European Climate Litigation

Europe has in some ways been at the forefront of climate change litigation, particularly with cases brought against national governments seeking swifter action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to protect citizens’ fundamental rights in the face of the climate emergency. European courts have ruled in favor of climate

Australian Youth Climate Case Against Queensland Coal Mine Can Advance, Court Rules

Australian Youth Climate Case Against Queensland Coal Mine Can Advance, Court Rules

A court in Australia has rejected a coal company’s bid to dismiss a youth climate lawsuit challenging the Galilee Coal Project in Queensland on human rights grounds. The lawsuit, filed in May by a group called Youth Verdict, will now be able to proceed in Queensland Land Court under

U.S. Climate Litigation Update: Ninth Circuit Court Panel Pauses Set Of California Climate Cases; Hawaii Judge Orders Honolulu's Climate Suit To Proceed

U.S. Climate Litigation Update: Ninth Circuit Court Panel Pauses Set Of California Climate Cases; Hawaii Judge Orders Honolulu's Climate Suit To Proceed

San Mateo County and five other California communities suing oil companies to recover costs associated with climate impacts will now have to wait before their suits proceed in state court. On August 25, 2020 a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the oil companies’ request for

New Jersey Should Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Costs, Panel Says

New Jersey Should Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Costs, Panel Says

Story originally published by DeSmog Advocates for holding fossil fuel companies accountable in court for the substantial costs of climate change are urging New Jersey to sue oil majors like ExxonMobil, as over a dozen municipal and state governments have done over the past three years. A month after a

Australia Says Torres Strait Islanders' Human Rights Complaint On Climate Should Be Tossed

Australia Says Torres Strait Islanders' Human Rights Complaint On Climate Should Be Tossed

Responding to a world-first legal complaint on climate change brought by a group of indigenous Australian islanders to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the Australian government claimed that climate harms are distant “future” risks and denied it has a legal responsibility to act on climate given that Australia’s

Big Oil Faces Mounting Legal Battles Over Climate Threats To Its New England Oil Terminals

Big Oil Faces Mounting Legal Battles Over Climate Threats To Its New England Oil Terminals

Story originally published by DeSmog A New England-based environmental law group is taking major oil companies to court, claiming the firms have failed to adapt some of their petroleum storage terminals to withstand increasingly severe storm and flooding events worsened by the climate crisis. The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) is

Another Court Setback For Big Oil As Ninth Circuit Rejects Petition For Rehearing In Oakland And San Francisco Climate Cases

Another Court Setback For Big Oil As Ninth Circuit Rejects Petition For Rehearing In Oakland And San Francisco Climate Cases

The oil companies defending against climate liability lawsuits brought by California communities received yet another setback in court with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denying the companies’ petition for a rehearing or en banc review in a case filed by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco. A three-judge

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