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Tag: Litigation

Court Voids A ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback

01/19/2021 Don Wallace

A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration’s plan to relax restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Litigation, National Policy

McKibben: Amy Coney Barrett Should Recuse Herself from Big Oil’s Supreme Court Case

01/14/2021 Don Wallace

January 19th will be one of those moments when past, present, and future will collide, this time in the halls…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Litigation, Oil Industry

NGOs Seek To Convict French State Of Failing To Tackle Climate Crisis

Don Wallace

The historic court case accuses country of being responsible for ecological damage and its impacts. A Paris court has been…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Litigation

These Kids Are Suing European Governments Because Of The Climate Crisis

12/16/2020 Don Wallace

The young climate activists, aged from eight to 21 years old, appear to have judges from the European Court of…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, Litigation

Climate Case Against Shell Begins In The Netherlands

12/03/2020 Don Wallace

In civil court in The Netherlands, hearings began Tuesday in a case against energy company Shell that could have implications…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, Litigation, Oil Industry

Opinion: ExxonMobil Misled The Public About The Climate Crisis. Now They’re Trying To Silence Critics

10/19/2020 Don Wallace

By Geoffrey Supran and Naomi Oreskes. Newly leaked documents reported by Bloomberg News show that ExxonMobil’s climate dishonesty is even worse than…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Litigation, Oil Industry

Barrett Sparks Outrage With Claim That She Has No “Firm Views” On Climate Crisis

10/14/2020 Don Wallace

Environmentalists were appalled — if not necessarily surprised — by Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s statement Tuesday that she…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Litigation, National Policy, politics

First-Ever Analysis Reveals How America’s Top 100 Law Firms Are ‘Accelerating the Climate Crisis’

10/02/2020 Don Wallace

“Law firms write the contracts for fossil fuel projects, lobby to weaken environmental regulations, and help fossil fuel companies evade…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Finance, Litigation

Portuguese Children Sue 33 Countries Over Climate Change At European Court

09/06/2020 Don Wallace

Ground-breaking crowdfunded case demands that states make more ambitious emissions cuts. Young activists from Portugal have filed the first climate…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, Litigation

Will Clean Energy Projects Face Troubles That Have Bedeviled Pipelines?

07/20/2020 Don Wallace

If the permit process is not improved, solar and wind energy efforts may face protracted delays or shutdowns. Legal strategies…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: Litigation, Renewable Energy

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