Shell in Top Dutch Court Fight Over Call to Slash Emissions May 22, 2026 By Patrick Van Oosterom Shell Plc is facing off with climate activists at the top Dutch court over demands for legally enforceable emissions cuts...
Polluters to Win Protection Against Legal Action in New Zealand May 12, 2026 By Tracy Withers New Zealand’s government plans a law change to prevent private legal action against greenhouse gas emitters, arguing cases have created...
Maryland Top Court Tosses Baltimore and Annapolis Climate Change Lawsuits March 27, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson The Supreme Court of Maryland has thrown out climate change lawsuits filed by Baltimore, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County against...
German Court Rejects Bid to Ban Mercedes and BMW’s Fossil-Fuel Cars March 24, 2026 Environmentalists suffered a setback on Monday when Germany’s top appeals court threw out their cases seeking to ban Mercedes-Benz and...
Supreme Court Refuses to Revive Youths’ Climate-Change Lawsuit March 25, 2025 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court refused to reinstate a novel and far-reaching lawsuit filed by young people who sought to force...
Shell Wins Appeal Against Landmark Dutch Climate Ruling November 12, 2024 By Stephanie van den Berg, Bart H. Meijer and Ron Bousso Oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday won an appeal against a landmark ruling that required it to accelerate carbon...
Lawsuits Targeting ‘Climate Washing’ Becoming More Frequent June 28, 2024 By Katharine Gemmell and Karin Matussek Companies accused of misrepresenting their progress on tackling climate change are increasingly finding themselves the target of litigants, as activist...
Climate Lawsuits Build as Latin American Court Hears Largest Case Ever May 30, 2024 By Jake Spring Latin America’s human rights court holds a final hearing in Brazil on Wednesday in a case that’s part of a...
Climate Court Cases That Could Set New Precedents Around the World May 23, 2024 By Jake Spring Courts around the world are hearing an ever-growing number of climate change lawsuits with some of the largest cases in...
Youth, Environmental Groups Sue Maine to Force Action on Climate April 25, 2024 By Patrick Whittle A youth organization and a pair of environmental groups are suing the state of Maine to try to force the...