Supreme Court, climate change

Supreme Court allows Hawaii climate change lawsuits against energy companies to move forward
The court fight brought in Hawaii state court is similar to others filed against the nation's largest energy companies by state and local governments in their courts.
Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
The oil and gas companies appealed to the Supreme Court after Hawaii’s highest court allowed the lawsuit against companies, including Sunoco, Shell, Chevron, Exxon Mobil and BP, to proceed.
Supreme Court denies oil industry plea to block climate lawsuits filed by California, other blue states
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry on Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that seek billions of dollars in damages for the impact of climate change. Without a comment or dissent, the justices turned down closely watched appeals from Sunoco, Shell and other energy producers.
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 accusing them of misleading the public for decades about the dangers of climate change induced by the burning of fossil fuels.
Supreme Court allows state and local climate suits against oil companies to proceed
Numerous state and local governments argue oil and gas companies deliberately hid the environmental impacts of fossil fuels. They're seeking damages.
Supreme Court Rejects Oil Industry Efforts to Block Honolulu’s Climate Change Lawsuit
DOJ solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar previously urged the Court to reject the oil industry’s efforts to stop the lawsuit.
Supreme Court clears path for climate lawsuits against Big Oil
The justices have again declined to get involved in the climate liability litigation, allowing cases to proceed to trial and potentially encouraging more local governments to sue.
Supreme Court allows Honolulu lawsuit against oil companies to proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by oil companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Honolulu seeking to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change. The defendants
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A landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas
The top United Nations court has taken up the largest case in its history, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating impact of climate change.
The solicitor general climate change briefs that didn’t bark
This failure exposes the weakness of the Biden administration’s position supporting the climate change plaintiffs.
Montana Supreme Court Affirms Decision in Landmark Youth Climate Case
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a landmark climate decision that declared the state was violating residents' constitutional right to a clean environment by allowing oil, gas and coal ...
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Climate change: what the latest science is telling us
Research published in October, opens new tab in Nature Climate Change calculated that about 13% of deaths associated with toxic wildfire smoke during the 2010s could be attributed to the ...
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The solicitor general’s misguided endorsement of state-driven climate lawsuits
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has urged the Supreme Court to allow climate lawsuits, such as one brought by ...
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Historic climate change advisory: What the case before the International Court of Justice might mean
This climate change case started in 2021 when a group of law ... but will influence all countries. This could open the door for transnational climate litigation, especially in matters of the ...
Where Trump’s Picks for EPA, Interior and Energy Stand on Climate Change
We reviewed what each of President-elect Donald Trump's presumptive nominees to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the ...
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As P.E.I.'s only ski hill opens, some wonder how climate change will affect the pastime they love
P.E.I. lost about 7 winter days a year over last decade due to climate change: study P.E.I. ski park opens for the 2023 season, with 1 hill in operation But at the back of some skiers' minds as ...
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Montana Supreme Court affirms decision in Held, historic youth climate case
“This decision does nothing more than declare open season on Montana ... legal right to bring the case, the state argued the youth stories of harm from climate change impacts were not ...