At the national level, legislation often stems from international commitments – such those set by the Paris Agreement on climate change. Climate change litigation refers to legal cases brought before ...

An American International Group Inc. unit owes legal defense costs for climate change-related litigation against a Sunoco LP ...

Throughout the nationally-coordinated climate litigation campaign, plaintiffs have been determined to use state courts to try and achieve national energy policy. Unfortunately – and a bit ironically – ...

Legal pressure is also building on the world's climate efforts. One in five climate litigation cases, opens new tab were not aligned with policies to reduce emissions, analysis last year by the ...

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Ben Sullivan, executive director of Honolulu’s Office of Climate Change ... hinge on the damages awarded to plaintiffs in the class action led by an American Airlines pilot, but it’s clear ...

of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, who represents Chevron, one of the targets of the Honolulu lawsuit, said that the company would “continue to defend against meritless state law climate litigation ...

If successful, the climate liability cases could cost oil companies billions of dollars. The litigation emulates successful fights against tobacco and opioid manufacturers. Ben Sullivan ...

The firm, in turn, was allegedly working on behalf of one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, based in Texas, that wanted to discredit groups and individuals involved in climate litigation, ...

“Chevron will continue to defend against meritless state law climate litigation, which clashes with basic constitutional principles, undermines sound energy policy, and is factually meritless ...

But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate change, and they are expected to get worse. Since negotiating the Paris accord in 2015, many of the 195 ...