Why 2024 will be a crucial year for climate litigation
Advocates predict activists and local governments will look to the courts to bring about accountability for climate damage
Source: theguardian.com
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Inside the Left's Spurious Legal Strategy To Take Down Oil and Gas Producers
Last summer, the leaders of Multnomah County—the liberal Oregon enclave that includes most of Portland—filed a high-profile lawsuit seeking $1.5 billion in damages from the world's top oil and gas producers. Exxon, Shell, BP, and others, county leaders argued in their complaint, knew that their "fossil fuel products" caused "catastrophic harm" but told the public otherwise, thus making those companies liable for a heat wave that struck the Beaver State in 2021.
Source: freebeacon.com
New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say
Newly-discovered Shell documents dating back decades could help strengthen lawsuits aiming to hold the oil major to account for climate damages, climate attorneys say.
Source: resilience.org
Here's The Left's Latest Legal Tactic To Take 'Big Oil' Down With Climate Lawfare
Because they fare better in state courts, activists suing 'Big Oil' are including local mom-and-pop gas stations to keep cases out of federal courts.
Source: climatechangedispatch.com
D.C. Memo: Minnesota scores a win over big oil; Christie scolds Emmer; Hastings file folder company wins international trade fight
Plus: Chaos over a spending agreement continues in Congress.
Source: minnpost.com