Insurer’s Climate Change Class Actions: More to Come?
A major insurance company is accusing dozens of localities in Illinois of failing to prepare for severe rains and flooding in lawsuits that are the first in what could be a wave of litigation over who...
View ArticleWill Energy Firm Executives Be Sued for Ignoring Climate Change?
Environmental groups said executives of coal, oil, gas and other “fossil fuel” companies could be held liable and risk lawsuits if they support groups that deny climate change and resist policies to...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Judge Rejects 13-Year-Old’s Climate Change Challenge
A judge has ruled against a 13-year-old girl who took North Carolina to court over climate change, but the eighth-grader says she’ll continue to fight for environmental protections. The News &...
View ArticleInsurer’s Climate Change Class Actions: More to Come?
A major insurance company is accusing dozens of localities in Illinois of failing to prepare for severe rains and flooding in lawsuits that are the first in what could be a wave of litigation over who...
View ArticleWill Energy Firm Executives Be Sued for Ignoring Climate Change?
Environmental groups said executives of coal, oil, gas and other “fossil fuel” companies could be held liable and risk lawsuits if they support groups that deny climate change and resist policies to...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Judge Rejects 13-Year-Old’s Climate Change Challenge
A judge has ruled against a 13-year-old girl who took North Carolina to court over climate change, but the eighth-grader says she’ll continue to fight for environmental protections. The News &...
View ArticleExxon Gets Combative with Critics Suing Over Climate Change Policy
As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It’s going after the lawyers who are suing it. The company...
View ArticleClimate Change Lawsuits a Growing Threat: Opinion
Last month, a group of 10 families filed an action against the European Union at the European General Court, the EU’s second highest court. All claim to have suffered loss from climate change....
View ArticleDirectors and Officers Face Significantly Higher Range of Risks: Allianz Report
The range of risks facing company executives, or directors and officers (D&Os), has increased significantly in recent years along with resulting insurance claims, according to a report published by...
View ArticleAnalysis: Exit from Paris Agreement Creates Climate Liability for U.S....
The outcome of the U.S. general election is not yet clear. What’s been obvious for months is that climate change was on the ballot, and the U.S. election matters for global climate action. And one...
View ArticleClimate Litigation Cases Booming After Paris Agreement – Often Led by Young...
Whatsapp chat rooms and Telegram channels across Germany lit up in the early hours of April 29. Young people frantically exchanged messages in a tone that went from disbelief to surprise to euphoria....
View ArticleImpending Dutch Court Decision to Test Shell’s Responsibility for Climate Change
A Dutch court verdict against Royal Dutch Shell Plc will determine whether it has a legal responsibility for climate change, in a case that will be watched by Big Oil executives globally. A panel of...
View ArticleShell Loses Landmark Climate Case in Ruling with Global Implications for Big Oil
THE HAGUE/LONDON – A Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to drastically deepen planned greenhouse gas emission cuts on Wednesday, in a landmark ruling that could trigger legal action against energy...
View ArticleBig Oil May Face More Climate Lawsuits After Shell Ruling, Say Lawyers,...
LONDON – A Dutch court’s decision to force Royal Dutch Shell to make deeper, faster cuts to its climate warming emissions on the basis of human rights could set a precedent, especially in European...
View ArticleShell to Appeal Landmark Climate Ruling in Dutch Court
Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it will appeal a ruling by a Dutch court which ordered it to cut its carbon emissions by 45% over the next decade. Shell has said it will speed up its energy transition plans...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Climate Court Victories Face Problems with Enforcement
Marjan Minnesma cheered along with her fellow climate activists in May when a judge ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc to drastically slash its carbon-dioxide emissions. It was the first time a company had...
View ArticleSocial Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?
A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: “Is it about...
View ArticleIs Climate Litigation Covered by Insurance?
Federal or state court? How will attribution science impact climate litigation? The questions aren’t the only ones of interest to insurers and reinsurers wanting to understand the potential for mass...
View Article‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead
Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of public nuisance, a second round of state actions may get further, researchers said...
View ArticleSouth Africa Sued Over Plans to Construct New Coal-Fired Power Plants
South Africa’s energy regulator and energy minister have been sued by environmental activists over national plans to allow the construction of new coal-fired power plants. Plans for the construction of...
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