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New Jersey Joins Other States in Suing Fossil Fuel Industry, Claiming Links to Climate Change

ExxonMobil calls the lawsuit a waste of taxpayers’ money that won’t help curb global warming.

By Jon Hurdle

A man walks through a flooded street the morning after the remnants of Hurricane Ida drenched the New York City and New Jersey area on Sept. 2, 2021 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Defiant Dakota Access Pipeline water protectors faced-off with various law enforcement agencies on the day the camp was slated to be raided. Credit: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

New Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation Would Protect Activists and Whistleblowers From Abusive Lawsuits

By Alleen Brown

A Teenage Floridian Has Spent Half His Life Involved in Climate Litigation. He’s Not Giving Up

By Amy Green

Climatologist Michael Mann speaks at the Academic Freedom Conference at Johns Hopkins University. Credit: Mike Ferguson/AAUP

Judge Scales Back Climate Scientist’s Case Against Bloggers

By Marianne Lavelle

A view of the Supreme Court at dusk, January 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Supreme Court Sidesteps a Full Climate Change Ruling, Handing Industry a Procedural Win

By David Hasemyer

An aerial view from a drone shows the Maryland State House, on April 16, 2020 in Annapolis, Maryland. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Maryland’s Capital City Joins a Long Line of Litigants Seeking Climate-Related Damages from the Fossil Fuel Industry

By David Hasemyer

Maui. Credit: Andre Seale/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.

By David Hasemyer

Bill Olesner walks down South Battery St. while cleaning debris from storm drains on Sept. 5, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Fives States Have Filed Climate Change Lawsuits, Seeking Damages From Big Oil and Gas

By David Hasemyer

‘At the Forefront of Climate Change,’ Hoboken, New Jersey, Seeks Damages From ExxonMobil

By David Hasemyer

Memphis at dusk, with a banner celebrating an anniversary of Memphis Light, Gas and Water, the municipal utility. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

A Lawsuit Challenges the Tennessee Valley Authority’s New Program of ‘Never-Ending’ Contracts

By James Bruggers

Credit: U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Appeals Court in D.C. Restores Limitations on Super-Polluting HFCs

By Phil McKenna

San Francisco faces increasing coastal risks as sea level rises. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Emails Reveal Justice Dept. Working Closely with Big Oil to Oppose Climate Lawsuits

By David Hasemyer

Oil contamination in the Ecuadorean Amazon rainforest.

Is Chevron's Fight to Avoid Liability Par for the Course?

By Michael Keller and Stacy Feldman

Power plant at night

Courts Wrestling with Lone Star Revolt Against EPA

By Elizabeth McGowan

Civil Conspiracy Lawsuits Filed Against Climate Change Deniers

By Linda McClure

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