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Climate Law & Liability

Aerial view of the Inner Harbor and Baltimore skyline featuring World Trade Center Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Could Baltimore’s Climate Change Suit Become a Supreme Court Test Case?

By David Hasemyer

People stand on a green roof in Saxony, Germany. Credit: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/picture alliance via Getty Images

Global Efforts to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Are Lagging as Much as Efforts to Slow Emissions

By Bob Berwyn

The capped site of the former Diamond Alkali factory on the Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey, which is part of one of the largest and most expensive cleanup projects in the EPA's Superfund program. The community surrounding the toxic site is primarily lower-income Black and brown residents. Credit: NBC News

Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way

By Kristoffer Tigue

Credit: Mark Harris for NBC News

Activists Eye a Superfund Reboot Under Biden With a Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change

By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra listens during a news conference on May 11, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

In 2018, the California AG Created an Environmental Justice Bureau. It’s Become a Trendsetter

By Evelyn Nieves

Maui. Credit: Andre Seale/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.

By David Hasemyer

Bill Olesner walks down South Battery St. while cleaning debris from storm drains on Sept. 5, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Fives States Have Filed Climate Change Lawsuits, Seeking Damages From Big Oil and Gas

By David Hasemyer

‘At the Forefront of Climate Change,’ Hoboken, New Jersey, Seeks Damages From ExxonMobil

By David Hasemyer

Memphis at dusk, with a banner celebrating an anniversary of Memphis Light, Gas and Water, the municipal utility. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

A Lawsuit Challenges the Tennessee Valley Authority’s New Program of ‘Never-Ending’ Contracts

By James Bruggers

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

Minnesota and the District of Columbia Allege Climate Change Deception by Big Oil

By David Hasemyer

Exxon signs. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

Texas Justices Hand Exxon Setback in California Climate Cases

By David Hasemyer

Richmond, California, home to a Chevron refinery near San Francisco Bay, in one of several cities suing fossil fuel companies over climate change. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In Setback to Industry, the Ninth Circuit Sends California Climate Liability Cases Back to State Courts

By David Hasemyer

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is seen in San Francisco, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

With 10 Appointees on the Ninth Circuit, Trump Seeks to Tame His Nemesis

By David Hasemyer

Old lodgepole pines in Montana killed by the mountain pine beetle stand beside young, healthy trees in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect ‘the Last Best Place’

By Judy Fahys

Credit: U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Appeals Court in D.C. Restores Limitations on Super-Polluting HFCs

By Phil McKenna

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Trump’s Move to Suspend Enforcement of Environmental Laws is a Lifeline to the Oil Industry

By David Hasemyer, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

Honolulu is Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change

Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City

By David Hasemyer

Maryland Climate Ruling a Setback for Oil and Gas Industry

By David Hasemyer

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