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Climate Law & Liability

Philadelphia Juggles Short-Term Budget Plans and Long-Term Climate Goals

The city has made serious strides toward its long-term sustainability goals. But lawmakers and experts say political priorities keep crowding out climate discussions.

By Daniel Perrin

 Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker speaks during a budget press conference on June 11. Credit: Quinton Davis/City of Philadelphia
Contestants race cardboard kayaks on the Hudson River from Pier 84 in Manhattan on July 23. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

As More New Yorkers Use the City’s Waterways for Recreation, Officials Fight Sewage Notification Order

By Lauren Dalban
At the crux of the lawsuit is the permit’s lack of “representative monitoring” to detect the illegal entrance of pollutants into ground and surface water from CAFOs. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

A New Oregon Permit for Industrial Farms Violates the Clean Water Act, Advocates Allege

By Claire Barber
A carbon capture system is seen at a plant in Heidenheim, Germany, on July 23. Credit: Stefan Puchner/picture alliance via Getty Images

ExxonMobil Uses Corporate Arbitration System to Challenge Climate Solution It Promotes

By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
A banner of President Donald Trump hangs from the Department of Justice headquarters on July 14 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Finn Gomez/Getty Images

DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Has Collapsed in the Second Trump Administration, Former Attorneys Say

By Dana Drugmand
A data center on Omicron Road in San Antonio is owned by Vantage Data Centers and operates down the street from a residential area. Credit: Brendan Gibbons/Environmental Integrity Project

Environmental Groups Contest Texas Data Centers’ Air Pollution

By Ajani Stella
Smoke from wildfires in Canada engulfs the New York City skyline on July 16. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

EPA Violated Key Soot Standard in Clean Air Act, Court Rules

By Avril Silva
The construction at Venture Global’s LNG export facility in Port Sulphur, La., on Feb. 26, 2024. Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Governments Knew the Risks of Global Warming as They Chose Fossil-Fueled Growth in the 1950s and ’60s

By Bob Berwyn
Claudia Rondan, an environmental defender from the Emberá Indigenous community, walks on the banks of Colombia’s Atrato River in Choco on Aug. 29, 2024. Credit: Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images

Rights of Nature Laws Are Coming Up Against Legal Systems Designed for Destruction

By Katie Surma
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

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

By Anika Jane Beamer
A TotalEnergies flag flies in the foreground, with a refinery in the background.

French Oil Major Failed to Fulfill ‘Vigilance’ Duty on Climate, Paris Court Rules

By Dana Drugmand
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
An aerial view of night operations at a limestone quarry in Belle Mina, Ala. The quarry operators agreed to mitigate dust, noise and light pollution in a settlement agreement with nearby residents. Credit: Southern Environmental Law Center

Alabama Limestone Quarry Settles Lawsuit Over Dust, Noise

By Dennis Pillion
Delegates from around the world attend the opening plenary of the latest round of climate negotiations on June 8 in Bonn, Germany. Credit: Lara Murillo/UNFCCC

United Nations Climate Talks in Bonn Marked by ‘Sidestepping and Stalling’

By Bob Berwyn
Researchers look at an air quality monitor on April 10, 2025, in Imperial Beach, Calif. Credit: Ana Ramirez/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Unlawfully Cancelled Environmental Justice Grants, Judge Rules

By Lauren Dalban
The coal-fired Stanton Energy Center in Orlando, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Trump Administration Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running

By Amy Green
A view of factories, sorting facilities and recycling plants along the Calumet River in Chicago’s Southeast Side. Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In a Years-Long Fight, the Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win

By Keerti Gopal
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

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