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Climate Law & Liability

For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action

As climate disasters intensify, mounting debt is leaving vulnerable countries with less money to prepare, recover and invest in climate action.

By Alissa de Chassey

In 2024, farmers in Zambia struggled with El Nino-driven drought, which created severe food and water shortages. This year, the government is spending 60 percent of its budget on debt repayment, with only .32 percent going toward climate adaptation and resilience. Credit: Lusaka Province, Zambia
Bills to protect the fossil fuel industry come in as the U.S. Supreme Court is three weeks away from hearing arguments in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. Credit: Finn Gomez/Getty Images

Congressional Republicans Aim to Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits

By Georgina Gustin

A flue-gas stack blows exhaust at a coal-fired power plant in Ghent, Ky., on Feb. 14. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Trump Doubles Down on Climate Denial With Plan to Repeal Power Plant Rules

By Liza Gross

Pam Benton, 59, a mother and grandmother, works as a painter and cleaner in Winston County. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Overdue Trash Bill Left This Alabama Woman in Handcuffs. She’s Not Alone.

By Lee Hedgepeth

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announces a settlement with Chemours over its forever chemicals pollution during a press conference on Thursday in Cumberland County. Credit: Matthew Wonderly/CityView

Chemours to Pay $455 Million for Fayetteville Works Contamination

By Morgan Casey, Lisa Sorg, Paul Woolverton

Workers repair a water main break that flooded streets and homes in southwest Detroit in February 2025. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Underserved Communities Again Ask Courts to Restore Justice Grant Funding

By Amy Green

Traffic moves along Interstate 405 in Los Angeles on Feb. 13. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Court Stalls EPA Plan to Override California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards

By Anika Jane Beamer

Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida in New York City on Sept. 2, 2021. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Law

By Lauren Dalban

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on April 29. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

The Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows

By Peter Aldhous

London Mayor Sadiq Khan speaks to a group of primary school children before delivering a speech on his plans to help reduce pollution and carbon emissions on Sept. 23, 2021. Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Clean Air Policies Help Kids Breathe and Think Better

By Keerti Gopal

Boats are seen in the Boulder Basin of Lake Mead on July 25 in Nevada. Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan

By Steven Rodas

Franklin Kury served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972 and later in the state senate from 1973 to 1980. Credit: Pennsylvania House Archives

Remembering the ‘Visionary’ Author of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment

By Marie Cusick

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments this fall in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Boulder, Colorado, and Big Oil Prepare for High-Stakes Clash in Supreme Court

By Dana Drugmand

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker speaks during a budget press conference on June 11. Credit: Quinton Davis/City of Philadelphia

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

By Daniel Perrin

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

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