After a court ruled that D.C.'s lawsuit against Big Oil could advance toward trial, Congress seeks to cut off funds as part of a wider effort to shield Big Oil from liability ...

Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Dutch court's decision to force Royal Dutch Shell to make deeper, faster cuts to its climate warming emissions on the basis of human rights could set a precedent, especially ...

The US climate lawsuits are one bright spot in global climate action, experts say, just as cases against Big Tobacco in the 1990s resulted in a settlement of more than $200bn against cigarette ...

The daughter of a woman who died during the record-breaking heat wave in Seattle in 2021 has sued six oil companies.

Plaintiffs claim oil and gas companies nnew years ago that carbon emissions would lead to climate-related disasters.

Two new lawsuits from Minnesota and Washington, D.C., hint that climate lawsuits against Big Oil might be making a comeback. Grist / ©Studio One-One / TLightFieldStudios / Getty Images.

Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public. by Kate ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A Dutch court's decision to force Royal Dutch Shell to make deeper, faster cuts to its climate warming emissions on the basis of human rights could set a precedent, especially ...

A growing number of cities and states want to turn climate change lawsuits against oil companies into the next tobacco or opioid litigation. In principle, that seems like a truly terrible idea.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from major oil companies seeking to block climate change lawsuits, clearing the way for Honolulu’s claims against industry giants to proceed.