Climate Law & Liability

Operator Error Caused 400,000-Gallon Crude Oil Spill Outside Midland, Texas

EnLink Midstream’s Chickadee pipeline ruptured on March 29, 2023, causing one of the largest oil spills in the past decade in Texas. An incident report blames the massive spill on “incorrect operation.”

By Martha Pskowski

Supreme Court Sharply Limits the EPA’s Ability to Protect Wetlands

By Emma Ricketts

Montana’s New Anti-Climate Law May Be the Most Aggressive in the Nation

By Kristoffer Tigue

Chicago, HUD Settle Environmental Racism Case as Lori Lightfoot Leaves Office

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies in Climate Change Lawsuits

By Emma Ricketts

Q&A: The Power of One Voice, and Now, Many: The Lawyer Who Sounded the Alarm on ‘Forever Chemicals’

By Victoria St. Martin

The UN Wants the World Court to Address Nations’ Climate Obligations. Here’s What Could Happen Next

By Katie Surma

At the UN Water Conference, Running to Keep Up with an Ambitious 2030 Goal for Universal Water Rights

By Delaney Dryfoos

Citing ‘Racial Cleansing,’ Louisiana ‘Cancer Alley’ Residents Sue Over Zoning

By James Bruggers

A ‘Rights of Nature’ Fact-Finding Panel to Investigate Mexico’s Tren Maya Railroad for Possible Environmental Violations

By Katie Surma

Western Firms Certified as Socially Responsible Trade in Myanmar Teak Linked to the Military Regime

By Scilla Alecci and Jelena Cosic

Hurricanes Ian and Nicole Left Devastating Flooding in Central Florida. Will it Happen Again?

By Amy Green,  WMFE

Pennsylvania Advocates Issue Intent to Sue Shell’s New Petrochemical Plant Outside Pittsburgh for Emissions Violations

By Jon Hurdle

Exxon Accurately Predicted Global Warming, Years Before Casting Doubt on Climate Science

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Their Lives Were Ruined by Oil Pollution, and a Court Awarded Them $9.5 Billion. But Ecuadorians Have Yet to See a Penny From Chevron

By Katie Surma

Climate Change is Driving Millions to the Precipice of a ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’

By Georgina Gustin

Fracking Company to Pay for Public Water System in Rural Pennsylvania Town

By Jon Hurdle

The Art at COP27 Offered Opportunities to Move Beyond ‘Empty Words’

By Kiley Bense

At COP27, an 11th-Hour Deal Comes Together as the US Reverses Course on ‘Loss and Damage’

By Bob Berwyn and Zoha Tunio