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Climate Law & Liability

Trump Administration Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running

The Orlando plant had been scheduled for retirement in 2025. The order cited an energy emergency related to a shortage of facilities and proliferation of data centers.

By Amy Green

 The coal-fired Stanton Energy Center in Orlando, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
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
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill speaks during a Center for American Progress conference on May 19 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

In New Jersey, Sherrill Agrees to Delay Protections Against Sea Level Rise

By Emilie Lounsberry
President Donald Trump is joined by grocery store owners and supermarket corporation executives as he announces regulatory rollbacks on chemical refrigerants at the White House on May 21. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

EPA Rollbacks Could Raise AC, Refrigeration Costs Despite Promise of Lower Prices

By Phil McKenna
An aerial view of a coal ash pond in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Environmentalists Turn Out in Force to Oppose Trump Coal Ash Rollbacks

By Arcelia Martin
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference on May 5 in Menands, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

As Communities Warn of Health Risks, New York Will Weaken Its Landmark Climate Law

By Lauren Dalban
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
Vishal Prasad, director of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, speaks to the media after an International Court of Justice session in The Hague on July 23, 2025. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

A Youth-Led Campaign Claims a Win For Climate Justice

By Bob Berwyn
Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu attends an International Court of Justice session on July 23, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

U.N. General Assembly Embraces Court Opinion That Says Nations Have a Legal Obligation to Take Climate Action

By Dana Drugmand
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
Helicopters dump water to fight a wildfire on Feb. 7, 2019, near Nelson, New Zealand. Credit: Evan Barnes/Getty Images

New Zealand Moves to Ban Tort Liability for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Damage

By Dana Drugmand
Used EVs sit on a sales lot on March 30 in West Covina, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Claims ‘Overwhelming Rejection’ of EVs as It Moves to Loosen Air Pollution Rules

By Anika Jane Beamer
Environmental advocates join state legislators and health care professionals to urge the passage of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act on Monday in Albany, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’

By Lauren Dalban
A panel announces the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels during the COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on Nov. 21, 2025. Credit: First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

As the UN Global Climate Talks Lose Momentum, a Smaller Coalition Eyes a Fossil Fuel Exit

By Bob Berwyn
Florida manatees gather at a refuge on Jan. 21 in Crystal Springs, Fla. Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week

By Kiley Price
People gather for the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970. Credit: Jack Rosen/Getty Images

The History of Earth Day—and Why It Still Matters

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
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

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