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By Dana Drugmand As the full extent of the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States becomes clear nearly two weeks after the monstrous storm made landfall, a new sc...
VT enacted historic legislation making #BigOilwww.sierraclub.org/sierra/new-f...
Is Shell defying the 2021 Dutch court verdict ordering it to slash emissions 45% by 2030? Is MT really complying w/ the historic 2023 ruling in the Held youth climate case? And what about Switzerland’s’s snub of the ECHR climate verdict? #climatelitigationwww.climateinthecourts.com/the-challeng...
News and insights on the climate litigation battleground
All across the world, people are sharing their personal stories of loss and demanding urgent #ClimateAction#ClimateJusticeoneearthnow.substack.com/p/the-human-...
From the Pacific Islands and Pakistan to Belgium and the US, people experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change are sharing their stories – and calling for justice.
NEW analysis examines how major fossil fuel producers are increasingly being brought to court over the #ClimateCrisis#climatelitigation#climateaccountabilitywww.climateinthecourts.com/fossil-fuel-...
New analysis finds that oil, gas and coal producers are exposed to growing litigation risk as the climate crisis worsens. Article co-published with One Earth Now Communities, civil society organiz...
NY is on the verge of becoming the 2nd state to make #BigOiloneearthnow.substack.com/p/drumbeat-o...
New York governor faces calls to sign state’s climate superfund bill into law, while survivors of climate disasters urge DOJ to take up fossil fuel industry probe.
The world’s largest living structure is at risk of near-annual bleaching and may not survive as the climate crisis accelerates, a new study in Nature warns But countries have legal obligations to reduce GHG emissions to protect oceans, a court ruled in May oneearthnow.substack.com/p/great-barr...
New scientific warning that ocean temperatures are hottest in 400 years comes in wake of an international court determining that GHG emissions constitute marine pollution.
Last summer, following a historic trial, a MT judge issued a landmark ruling in favor of youth in their constitutional climate lawsuit v. their state government. The MT Supreme Court is set to hear the case on appeal. More in my preview piece here www.climateinthecourts.com/news/montana...
The Montana Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a landmark youth constitutional climate case . The hearing comes as the state seeks to overturn the trial court’s...
In a landmark settlement agreement in a youth climate suit, Hawai’i has committed to transformative climate action in its transportation sector. And in the UK, the Supreme Court issued a “game-changing” ruling on GHG emissions assessments #climatelawoneearthnow.substack.com/p/historic-s...
The settlement also recognizes right to life-sustaining climate system. And in the UK, the Supreme Court ruled that combustion emissions should be considered in assessments of fossil fuel projects.
The discussion around climate disinformation is often limited to climate science denial, or arguments about the relative urgency of the climate crisis, but the fossil fuel industry is busily pushing a whole raft of new climate problems disguised as "solutions." drilled.media/investigatio...
Climate disinformation doesn’t begin and end with science denial. As the world moves towards climate action, the fossil fuel industry has begun using familiar tactics to advocate for solutions it know...