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The Next Wave of Climate Change Litigation: Industrial Meat
Many insurers think they have climate casualty risk managed by virtue of avoiding writing the oil and gas industry or with limitations on their policies. Climate casualty risk is broader than this ...
Climate Change Lawsuits Are Exploding Globally, but Court Wins Are Few
A year ago, a Dutch judge ordered Shell to slash its emissions harder and faster than planned. Victorious campaigners and lawyers declared the win would straighten up the biggest polluters and serve ...
Better Use of Science Could Boost Climate Lawsuits
Newly-available scientific evidence, which could prove critical to the success of climate-related lawsuits, is often not produced in court, according to a new study published by the Oxford ...
SEC Climate Disclosure Seen Triggering Flood of Lawsuits
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may make corporations reveal more about climate risks in key regulatory filings, a push that Wall Street and the biggest tech companies say will lead to a ...
Opinion: States Unwise to Tackle Climate Change by Suing Big Oil
A growing number of cities and states want to turn climate change lawsuits against oil companies into the next tobacco or opioid litigation. In principle, that seems like a truly terrible idea. Such ...
New York City Climate Lawsuit Against Major Oil Companies Dismissed by U.S. Judge
A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by New York City seeking to hold major oil companies liable for climate change caused by carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels. In dismissing the ...