One of the plaintiffs in a climate case against the European Union was a victim of the wildfires that ravaged Portugal in 2017. Photo credit: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand A lawsuit dubbed the People’s Climate Case, which challenges the European Union’s 2030 emissions reduction target and other climate policies, was given…
A lawsuit targets nitrate and methane pollution from industrial agriculture in Germany. Photo credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images By Ucilia Wang A new lawsuit in Germany could provide lessons for cutting emissions from agriculture, which has largely escaped air quality regulations or climate…
A group of citizens in the UK want to force the government to commit to stricter emissions cuts. Photo credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images By Isabella Kaminski A group of citizens has vowed to appeal after a United Kingdom court ruled against allowing their case against the UK government…
The European Council, led by current president Donald Tusk, is among the defendants in a suit seeking stronger EU climate action. Photo credit: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand A new lawsuit is challenging the European Union’s climate policies, including the EU’s 2030 emissions reduction target, and demanding more ambitious climate…
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his country's purchase of an oil pipeline does not conflict with its emissions reduction promises. Photo credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Ucilia Wang The Canadian government's decision to buy a controversial oil pipeline project is drawing intense criticism from environmental groups and could open the…
A court in the Hague will hear the Dutch government appeal of the Urgenda decision which mandated emissions reductions. Photo credit: Getty Images By Ucilia Wang Update: Following the hearing, the Hague Court of Appeal said it would announce its decision on the government appeal on Oct. 9.…
Shell faces a climate lawsuit in its home country of the Netherlands. Photo credit: Wikimedia By Karen Savage Royal Dutch Shell has rejected demands from an activist group in the Netherlands that the company cut back on oil and gas…
As deforestation threatens much of the Amazon, Colombia has been ordered to create a plan to halt it. Photo credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images By Ucilia Wang An appeals court in Colombia on Thursday reversed a lower court decision and ruled that the country’s government, from the president to…
Documents show Shell even modeled a future of climate disasters in the U.S. and potential liability. Photo credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images By Karen Savage Newly revealed documents indicate oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has not only known about the risks of climate change for decades, but…
By Karen Savage Royal Dutch Shell received an ultimatum from a climate activist group on Wednesday, demanding the company help address climate change or face…