The youth climate case Juliana v. United States has survived numerous Trump administration appeals to stop it from advancing to trial. Photo credit: Robin Loznak By Karen Savage The Trump administration has filed another extraordinary appeal in its attempt to avoid a trial in the landmark youth-led climate lawsuit, Juliana…
Exxon is funding a push for a carbon tax that would end the climate liability suits against it. Photo credit: John Gress/Getty Images By Karen Savage Exxon has announced it will pledge $1 million to Americans for Carbon Dividends, an advocacy campaign that backs a carbon tax plan,…
Valve turners Annette Klapstein and Emily Johnston were acquitted on Tuesday without using the necessity defense to justify their actions against climate change. Photo credit: Emily Johnston via Twitter By Seamus McGraw It ended almost as soon as it began. In a stunning ruling that came just minutes after the jury was seated in…
Plaintiffs celebrate a Dutch appeals court ruling upholding the historic Urgenda decision that the Netherlands must reduce emissions to protect its citizens. Photo credit: Urgenda Foundation By Ucilia Wang An appeals court in the Netherlands upheld a historic ruling that requires the Dutch government to reduce emissions in the name of…
Valve turners Emily Johnston, Ben Joldersma and Annette Klapstein will tell a jury their pipeline shutdown was necessary to stop climate change. Photo credit: Shutitdown, via Facebook By Seamus McGraw Two years after activists forced their way onto a remote piece of private property in western Minnesota to forcibly shut down an…
The Justice Department continues its attempt to stop the upcoming trail in Juliana v. United States, the landmark kids climate case. Photo credit: Robin Loznak By Karen Savage Just three weeks before trial in the landmark youth-led climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, the Trump administration has filed another motion…
Airports like New York's LaGuardia are sitting ducks for climate impacts, a new industry study shows. Photo credit: Daniel Piraino via Flickr By Karen Savage Airports around the globe are being warned to prepare their facilities for climate change-related impacts, including extreme weather and sea level rise.…
Massive wildfires in British Columbia this summer, including the Chutanli Lake fire, have helped push climate accountability into the forefront for Canadian activists. Photo credit: B.C. Wildfire Service By Dana Drugmand With voters in British Columbia set to head to the polls for local general elections on October 20, a legal advocacy group…
Satellite images show then-Hurricane Rosa churning toward Mexico's Baja California and scientists say climate change is a big reason storms are taking unusual paths. Photo: Wikimedia By Ucilia Wang As Tropical Storm Rosa rolls through Arizona, dousing desert towns with heavy rains and filling reservoirs nearly depleted by a lengthy drought,…