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    Italy’s First Climate Lawsuit Targets Major Oil Company Eni

    Italy’s First Climate Lawsuit Targets Major Oil Company Eni

    Major Italian oil company Eni is facing the country’s first climate lawsuit, brought by twelve Italian citizens, Greenpeace Italy and Italian advocacy group ReCommon. The plaintiffs claim the energy company with headquarters in Rome knowingly contributed to climate change by using “lobbying and greenwashing” to push for more fossil fuels despite having known the risks […]

    ‘Major Hurdle’ Cleared as Youth Activists Advance Historic Climate Case

    ‘Major Hurdle’ Cleared as Youth Activists Advance Historic Climate Case

    By Dana Drugmand An unprecedented climate lawsuit brought by six Portuguese youths is to be fast-tracked at Europe’s highest court, it was announced today. The European Court of Human Rights said the case, which accuses 33 European nations of violating the applicants’ right to life by disregarding the climate emergency, would be granted priority status […]

    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, […]