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    What’s Next for the Youth Climate Lawsuit

    What’s Next for the Youth Climate Lawsuit

    By Fran Korten On June 4, Andrea Rodgers was in the front row of attorneys sitting before a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court. The court session, held in Portland, Oregon, was to determine whether the climate change lawsuit (Juliana v. United States) brought by 21 young plaintiffs should be dismissed, as requested by […]

    Supreme Court Rules Trump Administration Can’t Stop Youth Climate Case

    Supreme Court Rules Trump Administration Can’t Stop Youth Climate Case

    In a glimmer of hope for climate change litigation, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to block a ground-breaking lawsuit brought by 21 young people against the U.S. government for crafting policies that support climate-changing fossil fuels, The Huffington Post reported. The high court ruled that the administration’s motion to dismiss the […]

    10 Families Bring First Ever ‘People’s Climate Case’ Against the EU

    10 Families Bring First Ever ‘People’s Climate Case’ Against the EU

    Ten families from Fiji, Kenya and countries across Europe who are already suffering the effects of climate change filed a case against the EU Wednesday in a bid to force the body to increase its commitments under the Paris agreement, AFP reported. The “People’s Climate Case,” as it is being called, challenges the climate policies […]

    Seattle County Files 11th U.S. Climate Liability Lawsuit Against Big Oil

    Seattle County Files 11th U.S. Climate Liability Lawsuit Against Big Oil

    King County, which covers the Seattle metropolitan area, followed the lead of 10 other cities and counties in the U.S. when it filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the world’s five largest oil companies for damages incurred by climate change, a county press release announced. “The science is undisputable: climate change is impacting our region today, […]

    All Paris Agreement Signatories Now Have at Least One Climate Change Policy

    All Paris Agreement Signatories Now Have at Least One Climate Change Policy

    A new report highlights the significance of the Paris climate agreement in pushing global climate action. All of the 197 signatories of the landmark accord now have at least one national law or policy on climate change, an analysis published Monday by the London School of Economics (LSE) found. The Global trends in climate change […]

    Across the U.S., Climate Change Lawsuits Are Gaining Steam

    Across the U.S., Climate Change Lawsuits Are Gaining Steam

    The scandal-plagued head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says he’s not sure whether “human activity … is a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.” The president has moved to pull the U.S. out of the landmark Paris climate agreement. And climate-science deniers and skeptics control Congress. But that still leaves […]

    Trial Date Set for Groundbreaking Kids’ Climate Lawsuit

    Trial Date Set for Groundbreaking Kids’ Climate Lawsuit

    A trial date of Oct. 29 has been set for a landmark climate change lawsuit brought by a group of young Americans despite the Trump administration’s efforts to halt the case. Juliana v. United States was filed in 2015 on behalf of 21 plaintiffs who ranged between 8 to 19 years old at the time. […]

    Landmark Youth Climate Lawsuit Heads to Federal Appeals Court

    Landmark Youth Climate Lawsuit Heads to Federal Appeals Court

    There has been a significant development in the constitutional climate change lawsuit so far successfully prosecuted by 21 youth plaintiffs: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to hear oral argument over whether the Trump administration can evade trial currently set for Feb. 5, 2018. Oral arguments will be heard before the Ninth Circuit […]