Cape May, N.J., is among the coastal communities dealing well with sea level rise and forestalling credit downgrades. Photo credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images By Jennifer Dorroh Many U.S. coastal communities, unprepared for flooding and other effects of global warming-driven sea level rise, are heading toward an imminent downgrade…
The last time the kids climate case Juliana v. United States was argued in federal court in Eugene, Ore., they emerged with a historic ruling. Photo credit: Robin Loznak By Karen Savage A federal judge will hear oral arguments next Wednesday on a motion by the federal government seeking to dismiss President Trump from…
The scientists at Climate Central mapped various sea level rise scenarios in vulnerable coastal cities like San Francisco. Photo credit: Surging Seas, Climate Central By Dana Drugmand Major coastal cities—from New York and Boston to San Francisco and smaller communities like Imperial Beach, Calif.—are already preparing for a potentially…
The youth climate case Juliana v. United States is again being appealed by the federal government to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Photo credit: Robin Loznak By Karen Savage The Trump administration is again trying a last-ditch effort to short-circuit the landmark kids climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, that has…
Rhode Island, battling climate change-driven extreme weather, filed the latest climate liability suit on Monday. Photo credit: Darren McCollester/Getty Images By Karen Savage Rhode Island is suing 21 oil and gas companies, state attorney general Peter Kilmartin announced on Monday, becoming the first U.S. state…
San Francisco estimates that fortifying its seawall will cost $5 billion. Photo credit: Sergio Ruiz via Flickr By Amy Westervelt When U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup dismissed San Francisco and Oakland’s climate liability suits against five of the world’s largest oil…
Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court calls into question future rulings on climate and environmental issues. Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand While the immediate reaction to the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy among environmental activists this week fell somewhere between panic…
Global warming is driven by consumers, oil companies want judges to believe. Photo credit: David Paul Morris/Getty Images By Jennifer Dorroh One question keeps popping up as U.S. courts begin to wrestle with climate liability cases that have been filed across the country:…
By Dana Drugmand A federal judge’s decision Monday to dismiss the climate liability lawsuits brought by San Francisco and Oakland against five of the world’s…
San Francisco and Oakland's climate suits seek to hold the oil industry accountable for the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand A federal judge in California has dismissed the San Francisco and Oakland climate liability lawsuits against five major oil companies, dealing the…