U.S. Court Says State Courts Are Proper Forum for Climate Suits Against Big Oil May 29, 2020 By Brian Melley Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by California cities and...
Oil Giant Total Sued by 14 French Cities, NGOs over Failure to Cut Carbon Emissions January 28, 2020 By Francois de Beaupuy Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for...
States’ Climate Change Litigation Could Be Useful Tool Against Big Oil: Opinion November 5, 2019 By Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion A growing number of cities and states want to turn climate change lawsuits against oil companies into the next tobacco...
Supreme Court Allows City, State Claims Against Energy Firms Over Climate Costs October 23, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court let government officials press ahead with three lawsuits that accuse more than a dozen oil and...
Climate Change Lawsuits a Growing Threat: Opinion June 18, 2018 By Sony Kapoor, Bloomberg View Last month, a group of 10 families filed an action against the European Union at the European General Court, the...
BP Fears Climate Change Lawsuits in U.S. May 22, 2018 By Kelly Gilblom After paying more than $65 billion in legal costs for the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, BP Plc is wary of the...