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Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Regulatory Rollbacks Fuel Surge in Protective Climate Lawsuits

With President Trump’s intensified attacks on climate policy during his second term, lawsuits challenging U.S. federal actions drove global climate litigation, a new analysis shows.

By Anika Jane Beamer

 People gather in front of the Supreme Court on June 25 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
French Greenpeace activists rally to support the environmental group in Energy Transfer’s lawsuit next to the Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle in Paris on Feb. 20, 2025. Credit: Thibaud Moritz/AFP via Getty Images

Greenpeace’s Dutch Anti-SLAPP Case Against Oil Pipeline Giant Advances

By Dana Drugmand
Members of the Lumberton Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Las Amigas Incorporated march along Britt Road on April 18 in St. Pauls, N.C., against the Robeson County Landfill expansion. Credit: Morgan Casey

‘We Just Want Clean Water’: Residents Sue a North Carolina County Over Landfill Contamination

By Morgan Casey, Lisa Sorg
Eva Lighthiser, lead plaintiff in Lighthiser v. Trump, stands at the U.S. Capitol in July 2025. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images

Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump

By Dana Drugmand
An aerial view of Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Alon Skuy/Getty Images

Alligator Alcatraz Emissions Threaten Human Health, Violate Clean Air Act, Lawsuit Claims

By Amy Green
Workers strike at the JBS Beef Production Facility in Greeley, Colo., on March 16. Credit: Brice Tucker/MediaNews Group/Greeley Tribune via Getty Images

Greenpeace Plans to Sue JBS for Its Climate Impacts, Seeks Details About Major Plans in Nigeria

By Georgina Gustin
A fishing trawler drags its net through the waters near Greenock, Scotland, on March 5, 2019. Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Federal Law Requires US Seafood Imports to Not Threaten Marine Mammals. A Lawsuit Is Pushing the Government to Finally Act.

By Georgina Gustin
An aerial view of the nearly 600-acre coal ash pond at Alabama Power’s James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Coal Ash Lawsuit Can Continue, Appeals Court Rules

By Dennis Pillion
A view of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Consumers Energy

What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.

By Marianne Lavelle
Roundup sits on the shelves of a store in San Diego on March 11. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

Thousands of People Say Roundup Caused Their Cancer. The Supreme Court May Quash Their Lawsuits.

By Lee Hedgepeth
The JBS meat packing plant in Greeley, Colo. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Major Livestock and Animal Agriculture Companies Are Making Climate Promises They Aren’t Keeping

By Georgina Gustin
A team of contractors work to install a Transco pipeline in Lebanon, Pa., on Oct. 6, 2017. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Transco Pipeline Project Faces Legal Challenge

By Lisa Sorg
Excavators work to remove debris in Waialua, Hawaii, after a flood hit Oahu on March 23. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit

By Marianne Lavelle
Workers survey the damage after flash floods collapsed a bridge in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due

By Dana Drugmand, Nathaniel Eisen
Georgia Power is planning to add four combined-cycle gas turbines at its coal-fired Bowen power plant in Bartow County, Georgia. Credit: Alan Cressler/USGS

Environmental Groups Challenge Air Permit for Natural Gas Expansion at Atlanta Plant

By Ryan Krugman
A Bonaire resident sheds a tear before the Hague District Court ruled that the Netherlands breached human rights on Jan. 28. Credit: Laurens Van Putten/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

A Tiny Caribbean Island Sued the Netherlands Over Climate Change, and Won

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
A child receives a standard immunization at a pediatric office on Sept. 15, 2025, in Coral Gables, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

States Sue to Block Trump’s ‘Anti-Science’ Vaccine Policy

By Liza Gross
A Suncor Energy oil refinery is seen in Commerce City, Colo., on April 19, 2023. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post

Supreme Court to Decide Key Issue in Fate of State and City Suits Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change

By Lee Hedgepeth
An employee walks on a platform at TotalEnergies’ La Mède refinery near Marseille, France. Credit: Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images

Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies

By Dana Drugmand

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