In Colorado, new rules aim to mitigate the health, climate impacts of the state's fracking boom. Photo credit: Tony Webster via Flickr By Kaitlin Sullivan Colorado officials began the process of rolling out controls on the oil and gas industry to comply with a new state law…
Several new bills aim to place a price on carbon but won't give the oil industry immunity from climate liability suits. Photo credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand Members of Congress recently introduced three new carbon pricing bills aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions. While the bills vary in their policy…
Customers say utility companies, not ratepayers, should foot the bill for wildfire damages. Photo credit: Mason Trinca for The Washington Post via Getty Images By Dana Drugmand California rapidly passed a new law earlier this month that aims to strike a balance between guarding the state’s investor-owned utilities against…
Shell has not properly protected its Providence Terminal from climate impacts, Conservation Law Foundation alleges in a lawsuit. Photo credit: Google Maps via CLF By Karen Savage A lawsuit against Shell for failing to protect its Providence Terminal from the impacts of climate change will be allowed to continue…
Rhode Island, whose long coastline is vulnerable to climate impacts like stronger storm surges and sea level rise, won its battle to have a climate liability suit heard in state court. Photo credit: Wikimedia By Karen Savage A federal judge ruled on Monday that Rhode Island’s climate liability suit against 21 oil and gas companies belongs in state court,…
Hundreds were arrested in London climate protests in April sponsored by Extinction Rebellion. Photo credit: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images By Isabella Kaminski LONDON—Hundreds of climate activists are appearing in court in the United Kingdom this summer, facing charges for taking part in the massive…
If climate liability suits succeed in the case of climate impacts like wildfires, insurers could be the next group to sue fossil fuel companies. Photo credit: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images By Kaitlin Sullivan Lawsuits filed by insurance companies against the fossil fuel industry seeking to recoup payouts to policyholders for climate damages could become the…
The SEC does not currently require companies to disclose climate risks to investors and a new bill aims to change that. Photo credit: Wikimedia By Karen Savage A bill that would require public companies to disclose the risks posed to their business by climate change passed a crucial committee…
California communities want the oil industry held accountable for climate impacts like extreme heat, sea level rise. Photo credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images By Karen Savage Six California municipalities are opposing an attempt by the fossil fuel companies they are suing for climate damages to consolidate their suits…
New Orleans was spared a direct hurricane hit over the weekend, but heavy rains in an already waterlogged region will take an economic toll. Photo credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images By Karen Savage Hurricane Barry was short-lived and spared New Orleans from the catastrophic damage predicted, but as climate change fuels more intense and extreme…