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Tag: Litigation

Lawyers Are Working To Put ‘Ecocide’ On Par With War Crimes. Could An International Law Hold Major Polluters To Account?

02/21/2021 Don Wallace

The word “ecocide” is an umbrella term for all forms of environmental destruction from deforestation to greenhouse gas emissions. Since…

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

Campaigners Claim ‘Historic Win’ As France Found Guilty Of Climate Inaction

02/03/2021 Don Wallace

The French state has been found guilty of climate action in what campaigners have dubbed “the case of the century.” Today…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Litigation

Climate Litigation Spikes, Giving Courts An ‘Essential Role’ In Addressing Climate Crisis

01/26/2021 Don Wallace

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Climate Litigation Report: 2020 Status Review, finds that climate cases have nearly doubled over…

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

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