How Three European Human Rights Cases Could Shape Climate Litigation April 8, 2024 By Gloria Dickie and Emma Farge Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights? That is the question the European Court of Human Rights will...
States Eye Requiring Fossil Fuel Companies to Pay for Some Climate Change Damage April 3, 2024 By Lisa Rathke The Vermont Legislature is advancing legislation requiring big fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate...
Shell Says Landmark Court Ruling Obstructs Fight Against Climate Change April 2, 2024 By Bart H. Meijer Shell on Tuesday told a Dutch court a 2021 order that it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a...
Pennsylvania County Suing Oil Industry Over Climate Change April 2, 2024 By Michael Rubinkam A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments around the country in suing the oil industry,...
Vermont’s Consumer Protection Suit Against Energy Firms Returned to State Court February 15, 2024 The federal district court in Burlington, Vermont recently granted the state attorney general’s motion to return the state’s consumer protection...
Shell’s Appeal of Landmark Climate Ruling to Begin in April January 17, 2024 By Laura Hurst and Diederik Baazil Shell Plc’s appeal against a landmark ruling that ordered the oil and gas giant to cut its carbon emissions by...
Judge Limits Delaware’s Sweeping Climate Change Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies January 14, 2024 By Randall Chase A judge has rejected several claims lodged by Delaware’s attorney general in a lawsuit alleging that the fossil fuel industry...
French Climate Damage Measures Came Late but Were Sufficient, Court Rules December 27, 2023 By Nicolas Delame and Tassilo Hummel France’s moves to limit climate damage came late but were sufficient, a French court ruled on Friday, in a blow...
Climate Activists, Greenpeace and Uplift, Sue UK Over Rosebank Oil Field December 19, 2023 By Laura Hurst Greenpeace UK and climate campaigner Uplift filed separate legal challenges in Scotland seeking to rescind government approval for the Rosebank...
Study: Federal Payouts Bolstered Flood Policy Uptake, Insured Value December 1, 2023 By Don Jergler The availability of a federal flood payout in a county in a given year increased the number of flood insurance...