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Supreme Court declines Big Oil’s bid to block Honolulu’s climate change lawsuits
The oil and gas industry has faced a series of cases alleging it deceived the public about how fossil fuels contribute to climate change.
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.
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 Climate Change to Proceed Against Oil Companies
Oil and gas companies are grappling with a surge of lawsuits accusing them of misleading the public about fossil fuels' role in driving climate change.
Supreme Court allows Hawaii climate change lawsuits against energy companies
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 rejects appeal from oil giants in Honolulu climate case
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Sunoco and other oil companies seeking to halt a major climate lawsuit brought by Honolulu.
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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.
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.
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Ontario asks youth-led climate change case be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada
The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled that the case was not about whether the young people were trying to impose an obligation on the government to fight climate change, as the lower court judge ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
National Review17d
Climate Change
They can’t resist the climate change angle, can they? He should lead the resistance to EV mandates and strike a blow for liberty. A group of eleven other states and Washington, D.C., have plans ...
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Landmark climate change case opens at top U.N. court as island nations fear rising seas
The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating effects of climate change ...
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Montana Supreme Court Affirms Decision in Landmark Youth Climate Case
This pivotal case, spearheaded by ... represented a milestone for climate advocates seeking judicial intervention to compel governmental action on climate change. On Wednesday in a 6-1 ruling ...