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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

Now, the paper—along with a follow-up that Robinson and Robbins produced in 1969—is playing a key role in a wave of lawsuits seeking to hold oil companies accountable for climate change.

But the slew of lawsuits across the US, if successful, could ultimately change how Big Oil acts in the long term, Wiles said.“If the companies have to actually pay for all the damages they’ve ...

When it comes to local lawsuits over products that pose hazards to the public, the case of the tobacco industry is illustrative. It took four decades of increasing litigation until big companies ...

A new report released by US Democrats has shown that many big oil companies have willingly misled the public about their opinions on the dangers of climate change.

Then, in Portugal, a group sued their local governments for allowing climate change to happen. The Montana group even won. It's open season for suing governments—and Big Oil.

Eubanks noted that Big Tobacco eventually ran into trouble because the lawsuits just kept coming. "The weight of evidence became so great that the legal risks became systemic, requiring ...