Canada Pension Fund Sued by Young People Over Climate Risks October 28, 2025 By Olivia Raimonde and Layan Odeh The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board was sued by a group of young people who claim the pension fund is...
French Court Penalizes TotalEnergies for Deceptive Greenwashing Claims October 24, 2025 By America Hernandez Oil major TotalEnergies misled consumers in a 2021 ad campaign claiming it could become carbon neutral by 2050, a French...
German Court Throws Out Peruvian Farmer’s Climate Case Against RWE May 28, 2025 A German court on Wednesday threw out a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit seeking damages from RWE for the German energy utility’s...
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...
Peruvian Farmer Takes Germany’s RWE to Court in Landmark Climate Case March 17, 2025 By Riham Alkousaa A Peruvian farmer who says German energy giant RWE’s emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, increasing the...
Shell Settles Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Over Activists Boarding Oil Vessel December 11, 2024 British oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday settled a London lawsuit it brought against environmental group Greenpeace after activists...
International Court Begins Hearings That May Shape Global Climate Litigation December 2, 2024 By Stephanie van den Berg The United Nations’ top court [this] week begins hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and...
Environmental Activist ClientEarth Sues Germany Over Pesticides Use September 23, 2024 Environmental activist charity ClientEarth launched a lawsuit against Germany on Friday to push Berlin to implement an EU law to...
Norway Seeks to End Climate Injunction Against 3 Oilfields September 4, 2024 By Nerijus Adomaitis Norway’s government will ask an appeals court on Wednesday to lift injunctions against developing three oil and gas fields, part...
Update: EU Faces 2 Lawsuits Over Emissions Rules, ‘Green’ Label for Planes August 27, 2024 By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court, seeking to force Brussels to upgrade its emissions rules for 2030...