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.

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. by Kate ...

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

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 ...

Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by California cities and counties seeking damages for the impact of climate change. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

Climate lawsuits against Big Oil might be mounting a comeback. By Alexandria Herr - Zoya Teirstein. Published July 3, 2020 2:45PM (EDT) Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)-- Shares. Facebook ...

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 in European ...

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 ...

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 ...