N - Integrating Climate Science into Law and Litigation
2016/7 When Subpoenas Threaten Climate Science
2016/8 Here’s a way to make it easier to sue climate polluters in court
2016/10 Alaska seal can be protected based on future climate threat, court says
2016/10 Court Ruling On Bearded Seals Is A Major Win For Climate-Threatened Species
2019/1 A Preview of How Climate Science Could Play Out in the Courtroom, Courtesy of Juliana v. United States
2019/10 The new science fossil fuel companies fear
2021/8 The great ‘known unknowns’ with climate change in the law
N - Litigation and Liability News
N - Activism and Necessity Defense
N - Adaptation Liability
N - Business Litigation and Liability Risk
N - Business Use of Litigation and Liability
N - CAA and CPP Litigation
N - Ecocide
N - Evaluating Climate Litigation Strategies
N - Facility/Project Permitting
N - International Law and Litigation
N - ISDS Investor State Dispute Settlement
N - Legal Strategies for the Climate
N - National Liability
N - NEPA CEQA
N - Nuisance, Negligence, and Strict Liability
N - Risk Disclosure Liability
N - SCC in Litigation
N - Shareholder Resolutions/Litigation
N - SLR Litigation
N - State and Local Law
N - U.S. Litigation
2009/12 Civil Conspiracy Lawsuits Filed Against Climate Change Deniers
2010/2 A “Legally Binding” Climate Agreement: What Does it Mean? Why Does it Matter?
2012/6 Court Rules Business as Usual
2012/10 The Math of the Military Industrial Fossil Fuel Complex
2012/12 Revolution Justified: Review
2015/4 Climate Gag Rules and the First Amendment
2015/4 The Legally Disruptive Nature of Climate Change
2015/5 Climate consciousness in daily legal practice
2015/5 Tobacco Industry Picks Up Tailwind as Smoker Suits Dealt Setback
2015/6 Climate change and self-adapting law
2015/7 Departure of E.T. (the ExtraTerritorial)
2015/7 The Urgenda decision: balanced constitutionalism in the face of climate change?
2015/11 Climate change in the courts: challenges and future directions
2015/12 Tobacco Litigation: History & Recent Developments
2016/2 “You Can’t Stay Climate Change”
2016/2 Supreme Court Stays Clean Power Plan
2016/7 EPA limits on aircraft emissions are ready for takeoff
2016/10 Small business backs new climate disaster legislation
2016/11 News of the Litigation against Climate Alarmism
2016/12 Climate Change and Directors Duties
2016/12 Two Recommendations for EPA: 1) Revise, Don't Repeal; 2) Do Your Job
2017/2 A Yawning Credibility Gap
2017/2 Climate Scientists Challenge Conservatives' NOAA Suit, Fearing More to Come Under Trump
2017/3 Environmental litigation ‘going to happen’
2017/8 Disaster Law and Hurricane Harvey
2017/8 Students, Cities and States Take the Climate Fight to Court
2018/3 Another Federal Court in California Grants Remand of Climate Change Litigation
2018/3 Everyone should take the climate change class a federal judge just held
2018/6 Originally Speaking: Climate Change and Common Law Public Nuisance - Wave 2 Response 3
2018/9 LAW: Firms offer free climate work as they defend Big Oil
2018/9 Major U.S. law firms come together to contribute $15 million in pro bono services to advance sustainability
2018/10 The possible anatomy of coming climate change trials
2018/11 A CLIMATE CHANGE CLASS ACTION AGAINST THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
2018/11 The legal perspective: Climate change’s influence on future business ventures
2018/12 Climate Change and the Law
2019/3 More Than a Thousand Legal Tools to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2019/5 'UK multinationals will face greater scrutiny after the Vedanta decision'
2019/5 Climate Case Heard Before Supreme Court
2019/5 Legal liability could catalyze action on climate change
2019/5 Microsoft joins group seeking to kill off historic climate change lawsuits
2019/6 Kenyan court blocks coal project near world heritage site
2019/7 Climate and law: Sarah Barker, Special Counsel and Head of Climate Risk Governance at MinterEllison
2019/7 The necessity defense has hit two climate-related milestones since 2018
2019/8 Meet the Lawyers Beating Back Trump's Reckless Environmental Policies and Winning
2019/10 Attorney General’s Office Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil
2019/10 Legal Considerations for Urban Carbon Mitigation Policies
2019/11 Lawyers are unleashing a flurry of lawsuits to step up the fight against climate change
2019/12 Climate litigation is on the increase and companies need to take notice
2020/1 9 major climate change cases that could shape the fight to save the planet
2020/1 Children’s climate change lawsuit: The 9th Circuit has dismissed Juliana v. US
2020/1 Congress Mandates Pentagon Climate Action
2020/1 Court Throws Hurdle in Front of Washington State’s Drive to Reduce Carbon Emissions
2020/1 Emails Reveal U.S. Justice Dept. Working Closely with Oil Industry to Oppose Climate Lawsuits
2020/1 IEA scenarios may not stand the test of climate litigation: Dutch Supreme Court ruling (Shell should pay attention)
2020/2 Climate lawsuits are breaking new legal ground to protect the planet
2020/2 Heathrow third runway ruled illegal over climate change
2020/2 How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas
2020/2 Judge warns of tide of climate cases
2020/2 Torres Strait Islanders win key ask after climate complaint
2020/2 UK airports must shut to reach 2050 climate target
2020/3 Adapting to and Mitigating Climate Change through Legal-Regulatory Frameworks
2020/3 Billionaire Chris Hohn threatens to sue coal-financing banks
2020/3 CleanLaw: Joe Goffman Talks to Richard Lazarus about his New Book "The Rule of Five"
2020/3 EU champions bold new climate law
2020/3 The third runway by the numbers – Shell Climate Change
2020/5 Dutch group plans class action suits against Volkswagen over ‘emissionsgate’
2020/5 Patagonia and Columbia Join Forces to Fight Trump
2020/7 Australian Government sued by 23-year-old Melbourne student over financial risks of climate change
2020/7 Business groups sue Oregon Gov. Kate Brown over carbon-reduction policy
2020/7 The law that could make climate change illegal
2020/9 Can climate change legislation keep its momentum?
2020/9 Fighting Global Warming in a Chilly Judicial Climate
2020/9 Guilty by emission: Courtrooms are the new battleground for climate activism
2020/9 The Energy 202: How Amy Coney Barrett may make it harder for environmentalists to win in court
2020/10 Climate Policymaking in the Shadow of the Supreme Court
2020/10 Republican Lawmakers Sue Gov. Kate Brown, Claiming She’s Abusing Emergency Authority
2020/11 European states ordered to respond to youth activists' climate lawsuit
2020/12 Dutch climate activists take Shell to court over emissions
2021/1 Climate litigation spikes, giving courts an ‘essential role’ in addressing climate crisis
2021/2 Court Faults France Over ‘Ecological Damage’ From Its Emissions Levels
2021/2 Court rules France failed to respect its climate change goal
2021/2 ECT lawsuits against climate measures
2021/2 German energy giant RWE uses the Energy Charter Treaty to attack Dutch climate action
2021/3 Canada Supreme Court Rules Federal Carbon Tax Is Constitutional
2021/3 Teenagers taking the Australian government to court over climate change
2021/3 The Supreme Court of Canada rules the federal carbon pricing law is constitutional
2021/4 ‘Historic’ German ruling says climate goals not tough enough
2021/4 German climate change law violates rights, court rules
2021/4 German climate law doesn't go far enough, top court rules
2021/4 New Zealand introduces climate disclosure law in world first
2021/4 Washington Legislature approves caps on carbon pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, giving big win to Inslee, environmentalists
2021/5 ‘Black Wednesday’ for big oil as courtrooms and boardrooms turn on industry
2021/5 Australian court finds government has duty to protect young people from climate crisis
2021/5 Germany raises ambition to net zero by 2045 after landmark court ruling
2021/5 Hauge District Court Order Regarding Royal Dutch Shell
2021/5 In a single day, Big Oil suffers historic blows on climate
2021/5 Judgment day for Big Oil
2021/5 Lawyer Steven Donziger's Trial Was a Chevron-Fueled ‘Charade’
2021/5 Shell ordered to deepen carbon cuts in landmark Dutch climate case
2021/5 Shell verdict sets scene for more corporate climate cases
2021/5 Shell-shocked: a watershed moment for climate litigation against fossil fuel companies
2021/5 Shell’s Court Rebuke Marks the Start of a New War Against Big Oil
2021/5 Supreme Court Gives Big Oil a Win in Climate Fight With Cities
2021/6 How 165 Words Could Make Mass Environmental Destruction An International Crime
2021/6 Investor State Dispute Settlements as a new avenue for climate change litigation
2021/6 Investor-State Dispute Settlement’ as a new avenue for climate change litigation
2021/6 New climate science could cause wave of litigation against businesses – study
2021/6 Swiss voters reject key climate change measures
2021/6 The Man Who Beat Shell: How an Unknown Lawyer Won Historic Suit
2021/6 Top international lawyers unveil definition of ecocide
2021/7 All businesses face the growing threat of climate change litigation – Beale & Co
2021/7 Australia to appeal climate ruling that threatens fossil fuels
2021/7 Legal action against the Climate Change Commission: Necessary, influential and helpful
2021/7 What the Shell Judgment Means for US Directors
2021/8 Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Incorporated v Environment Protection Authority
2021/8 How cities can use the law to advance climate action
2021/8 The wave of climate lawsuits against Big Oil is growing -- here’s what it means for your city
2021/8 Unpacking the case that could lead to more climate change-influenced litigation
2021/9 Fossil fuel firms sue governments for £13bn over climate action
2021/9 The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy
2021/10 Ambitious climate law plots new course
2021/10 Climate Change Litigation: The Case For Better Disclosure And Targets
2021/10 Fossil fuel companies paying top law firms millions to ‘dodge responsibility’
2021/10 Rising sea levels push Torres Strait Islanders Paul and Pabai to take legal action against the Australian government
2021/10 This climate group has published a guide on how to successfully sue Shell
2021/11 An Updated Look at Civil Liability and Litigation Risks Associated with Climate Change
2021/11 Can litigation save us from climate change?
2021/11 Climate Lawsuits Poised to Create ‘Tobacco Moment’ for Big Oil
2021/11 Climate litigation advances to key tool for enforcing emission cuts
2021/11 Days After Climate Summit, Biden To Hold ‘Carbon Bomb’ Gulf Oil Sale
2021/11 How young people are using climate litigation to fight for their future
2021/11 Law firms lack resources to meet corporate demand for ESG services, study finds
2021/11 The future of climate activism - James Thornton on using lawsuits to save the planet
2021/12 A Plea to Make Widespread Environmental Damage an International Crime Takes Center Stage at The Hague
2021/12 Climate crisis: claim at ICC to end impunity for destruction of the Amazon
2021/12 Climate litigation rising: Hot spots to watch
2021/12 Climate litigation up in 2021, with private sector now exposed
2021/12 Focus on ‘Greenwashing’ Claims in New Year of Climate Litigation
2022/1 Climate-conscious courts: reflections on the role of the judge in addressing climate change
2022/1 Court Revokes Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change
2022/1 SEI research features in US court ruling to throw out historic sale of Gulf of Mexico drilling leases
2022/2 A Growing Wave of Litigation Spurs Climate Action
2022/2 DOL seeks comment on climate change's impact on retirement
2022/2 European energy groups seek €4bn damages over fossil fuel projects
2022/2 Italy has made protecting the environment part of its constitution
2022/2 The Australian Sharma decision: using tort law to establish a novel duty of care for climate change
2022/2 The environmental activists bringing the climate crisis to the courtroom
2022/3 Exxon Mobil loses appeal to stop climate change probes
2022/3 Global standard on responsible climate lobbying launches
2022/3 Investors launch global standard for corporate climate lobbying
2022/3 We’re taking legal action against Shell’s Board for mismanaging climate risk
2022/4 Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans—and That Humans Are Required to Protect It
2022/4 Lawsuits aimed at greenhouse-gas emissions are a growing trend
2022/5 Climate Lawsuits Are Growing in Number But Success is Hard
2022/5 Getting to Net Zero: Lessons from Butler-Sloss v the Charity Commissioners & the Attorney General for Pension Schemes
2022/5 Legal debate over SEC’s authority clouds climate rule proposal
2022/5 Taking companies to court over climate change: who is being targeted?
2022/5 The legal strategy young people are leveraging to address the climate crisis
2022/5 Why five Polish citizens are taking their government to court over climate change
2022/6 Big Oil Is Suing Countries To Block Climate Action
2022/6 Republican Drive to Tilt Courts Against Climate Action Reaches a Crucial Moment
2022/6 The Real Target of the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
2022/6 Why climate litigators may be coming for your company
2022/7 A new frontier in (Dutch) climate litigation: Greenwashing advertisements on CO2 compensation
2022/7 Climate lawsuits proliferate, confronting corporate polluters
2022/7 Court orders UK government to explain how net zero policies will reach targets
2022/7 I led the US lawsuit against big tobacco for its harmful lies. Big oil is next
2022/7 Reversal on coal policy changes in Alberta sparks $3.4 billion lawsuit
2022/9 Denmark becomes first U.N. member to pay for ‘loss and damage’ from climate change
2022/9 Groundbreaking Decision Holds Australia Accountable for Climate Inaction
2022/9 Russia's first climate lawsuit filed over greenhouse emissions
2022/10 An Unexpected Success for Czech Climate Litigation
2022/10 Biden 'social cost of carbon' climate risk measure upheld by U.S. appeals court
2022/10 Deutsche Bank's DWS sued by consumer group over alleged greenwashing
2022/10 Environmental rights amendments: misconceptions and application
2022/10 Judge reluctantly sends San Francisco Oakland climate lawsuit back to California courts
2022/10 Law firms hold leaders to account on green claims
2022/11 Can climate litigation support loss and damage negotiations?
2022/11 Climate activists arrested after blocking private jets in Amsterdam airport
2022/11 Climate Change Lawsuits Are the Best Way to Force Action
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