Climate Law & Liability
A Bankruptcy Judge Lets Blackjewel Shed Coal Mine Responsibilities in a Case With National Implications
By James Bruggers
Maryland Thought Deregulating Utilities Would Lower Rates. It’s Cost the State’s Residents Hundreds of Millions of Dollars.
By Agya K. Aning
Federal Courts Help Biden Quickly Dismantle Trump’s Climate and Environmental Legacy
By Marianne Lavelle
Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Filing Is a Harbinger of Trouble Ahead for the Plummeting Coal Industry
By James Bruggers
Maryland’s Capital City Joins a Long Line of Litigants Seeking Climate-Related Damages from the Fossil Fuel Industry
By David Hasemyer
Nine Years After Filing a Lawsuit, Climate Scientist Michael Mann Wants a Court to Affirm the Truth of His Science
By Marianne Lavelle
Can Massachusetts Democrats Overcome the Power of Business Lobbyists and Pass Climate Legislation?
By Phil McKenna
Court Strikes Down Trump Rollback of Climate Regulations for Coal-Fired Power Plants
By Georgina Gustin
The Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Climate Change. Is it Ready to Decide Which Courts Have Jurisdiction?
By David Hasemyer
Could Baltimore’s Climate Change Suit Become a Supreme Court Test Case?
By David Hasemyer
Global Efforts to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Are Lagging as Much as Efforts to Slow Emissions
By Bob Berwyn
Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way
By Kristoffer Tigue
Activists Eye a Superfund Reboot Under Biden With a Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change
By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen
In 2018, the California AG Created an Environmental Justice Bureau. It’s Become a Trendsetter
By Evelyn Nieves
Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.
By David Hasemyer
Fives States Have Filed Climate Change Lawsuits, Seeking Damages From Big Oil and Gas
By David Hasemyer
