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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

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

Landmark Climate Case Against Shell Goes To Dutch Supreme Court

Landmark Climate Case Against Shell Goes To Dutch Supreme Court

Article co-published with One Earth Now When a Dutch court ruled in 2021 that Shell must reduce CO2 emissions across its supply chain by 45% by 2030, climate campaigners hailed it as a “historic verdict” and a “monumental victory for our planet.” The decision marked the first time that a

Court Overturns Approvals Of Rosebank And Jackdaw Oil And Gas Fields

Court Overturns Approvals Of Rosebank And Jackdaw Oil And Gas Fields

A Scottish court has ruled that UK government approvals of offshore oil and gas fields were unlawful on the grounds that the downstream greenhouse gas emissions from burning the fuel were not taken into account. The ruling is a significant victory for climate campaigners challenging new fossil fuel projects over

Big Oil May Finally Have To Face Trial In Climate Deception Lawsuits. Why It Matters - And What Comes Next

Big Oil May Finally Have To Face Trial In Climate Deception Lawsuits. Why It Matters - And What Comes Next

ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and other major oil and gas companies could, within the next couple of years, be put on trial in the US for allegedly sowing doubt about climate change and exacerbating costly climate damages, according to several climate law experts who have closely tracked the ongoing municipal and

Vermont v. Big Oil In Court: State’s Climate Deception Case Moves Closer To Trial, While Industry Allies Challenge Landmark Climate Superfund Law

Vermont v. Big Oil In Court: State’s Climate Deception Case Moves Closer To Trial, While Industry Allies Challenge Landmark Climate Superfund Law

The Green Mountain State “has become ground zero for climate litigation” The state of Vermont is a step closer to putting Big Oil on trial for alleged climate change deception with a recent state court ruling rejecting oil companies’ motions to dismiss the state’s climate accountability case. At the

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