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Recent climate change Articles

13Jul, 2024

Baltimore’s Climate Change Lawsuit Dismissed

By |Saturday, July 13th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

In an unprecedented decision, a state court has dismissed a lawsuit “for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted” by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore against 25 major fossil fuel companies, which alleged the companies are responsible for a ...

28May, 2024

20 States Sue in Supreme Court to Block Climate Tort Actions by California and Others

By |Tuesday, May 28th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

Last Thursday 20 states filed suit in the U.S. Supreme Court against 5 other states claiming that defendant states’ attempts to dictate the future of the American energy policy through state tort actions, disrupt energy access and threaten federalism. More eloquently stated, more than 100 ...

11May, 2024

Appeals Court Finds Climate Change is Not Justiciable

By |Saturday, May 11th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The environmental climate change case that has attracted the most attention, Juliana v. United States has come to an unceremonious end and all Americans should be concerned. On May 1, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered, “The district court is instructed to dismiss ...

23Mar, 2024

SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Stay and Venue Now in the 8th Circuit

By |Saturday, March 23rd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

After this article was posted, on April 4, 2024, the SEC, noting that it has discretion to stay its rules pending judicial review if it finds that “justice so requires,” determined to exercise its discretion to stay the Final Rule pending the completion of judicial ...

24Feb, 2024

Hawaii Considers $25 Climate Tax

By |Saturday, February 24th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , |

The Hawaii legislature held a hearing last Friday on Governor Josh Green’s bill to authorize a $25 tax to create a “special fund to prevent climate crises and more effectively respond to climate crises when they occur.” The climate levy will be on “transient accommodations” ...

10Feb, 2024

Climate Scientist Michael Mann Awarded More than $1 Million in Defamation Case

By |Saturday, February 10th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

Last Thursday, in a case filed in 2012 in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, a jury found that Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn defamed Michael Mann, awarding Mann $1 in compensatory damages from each and punitive damages of $1,000 from Simberg and ...

8Jul, 2023

The Power of Methane: Why Tackling Emissions Is Key to Curbing Climate Change

By |Saturday, July 8th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

When it comes to combating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the focus has primarily been on carbon dioxide emissions, however among increasing numbers of those expert in one or more of the natural or physical sciences, the case for prioritizing the reduction or ...

17Jun, 2023

Courts Asked to Compel Government Action on Climate Change

By |Saturday, June 17th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

After this article was published, on August 14, 2023, Judge Kathy Seeley ruled in favor of the 16 youth plaintiffs in Held v. State of Montana, in a 103 page decision declaring that the state of Montana violated the youth’s constitutional rights, including their rights ...

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