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A landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas
Cynthia Houniuhi, the head of the Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change that initiated the case, said climate change was undermining “the sacred contract” between generations.
New York City lawsuit against Exxon, BP, Shell over climate change dismissed
A judge has dismissed New York City's lawsuit seeking to hold Exxon Mobil , BP and Shell liable for misleading the public ...
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UN to open landmark climate change court case in The Hague
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ahead of the hearings. The case at the ICJ follows a number of rulings around the world ordering governments to do more to reduce greenhouse gas ...
US Supreme Court rejects bid by oil companies to toss Honolulu's climate suit
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Sunoco and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by Honolulu ...
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Vanuatu Makes Opening Argument In International Court’s Climate Change Opinion
On Monday, December 2, the International Court of Justice began hearing oral statements on their Advisory Opinion relating to the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. At the request ...