Mayor Bill de Blasio ushered New York City into the climate liability movement in 2018 with a suit against five oil companies. Photo credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand Climate liability lawsuits exploded onto the world stage in 2018—a year that began with New York City suing five oil majors and…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown a wrench into Juliana v. United States, granting a rarely used pre-trial appeal to the government. Photo credit: Robin Loznak By Karen Savage The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a petition by the Trump administration for a rare pre-trial appeal in the landmark…
In Chile, environmental groups argue that rivers and other natural things should have legal rights. Photo credit: Wikimedia By Jeffrey Williamson Climate change litigation is a relatively new front in fighting the accelerating effects of global warming—having jumped to the forefront over the…
Environmental groups say France has not lived up to its climate promises. Photo credit: Wikimedia By Dana Drugmand Amid increasingly urgent warnings that the world is nowhere close to meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, several nonprofit organizations…
Exxon's history of how it communicated what it knows about climate change is getting a critical look in Europe as well. Photo credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images By Marco Poggio Members of the European Parliament will seek to question ExxonMobil for the first time for allegedly hiding the dangers of climate change…
Businesses are not planning adequately for climate impacts like wildfires, extreme weather and drought, a new study says. Photo credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand Despite recent reports that highlight the potentially devastating economic impact of climate change, the business world may not be taking the threat…
UCLA law professor Ann Carlson is one of two professors studying climate liability that has been targeted by a Freedom of Information lawsuit similar to those used against climate scientists. Photo credit: Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment By Marco Poggio A conservative think tank with deep ties to the fossil fuel industry has sued UCLA to obtain email correspondence between two UCLA…
A group of older women in Switzerland is pushing the government to take stronger action to combat climate change because it harms their health. Photo credit: KlimaSeniorinnen By Lisa Sturdee A Swiss court has ruled that senior women are not more likely than other citizens to suffer the harmful effects of climate…
An oil industry ally says New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is receiving improper funding for her climate fraud suit against Exxon. Photo credit: New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood via Flickr By Karen Savage A nonprofit with ties to the fossil fuel industry has filed an ethics complaint against the New York attorney general’s office, alleging…
With Miami's coastal neighborhoods under threat from sea level rise, the city is concerned about coastal flight impacting lower income neighborhoods on higher ground. Photo credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand As Miami struggles to plan for the impact of rising seas, its City Commission has taken the unusually forward-looking step of trying…