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Maybe you heard how Greenpeace lost a $666 million lawsuit blaming the nonprofit for the Standing Rock movement, the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline? Today we launch ep1 of SLAPP'd, a podcast that explores the question: How the hell did this happen? (reported by me!) push.fm/fl/drilled

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Last week, 22 youth activists ranging in age from seven to 25 launched a new climate lawsuit challenging the administration’s moves to boost fossil fuels and dismantle climate protections.

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Helpful, succinct overview of ecocide - "an act of violence which is to nature as genocide is to people" - and the campaign to establish it as a crime under international law By @damiengayle.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Trump's Dept. of Energy has invoked emergency authority to keep another fossil fuel power plant operating past its planned retirement www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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A Peruvian farmer & mountain guide's 10-year legal battle v. German utility co. RWE has come to an end, but the court's verdict recognized the principle that big emitters could be held liable for climate damages #climatelitigation #climateliability www.oneearthnow.org/p/historic-l...

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🚨 NEW: A first-of-its-kind lawsuit is seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for a person's death in a climate disaster. “I never would have in a million years guessed that a heat dome and climate change would be what killed my mother and what took her from me.”

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BREAKING: New youth climate lawsuit launched today challenging Trump's anti-climate moves & executive orders, alleging violation of the constitutional rights to life, liberty & personal security "Trump’s fossil fuel orders are a death sentence for my generation," said lead plaintiff Eva Lighthiser

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NEWS: Today a German court affirmed that, in principle, large CO2 emitters (Carbon Majors) could be held liable for climate harms - a significant breakthrough that could turbocharge #climatelitigation www.climateinthecourts.com/german-court...

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I wrote about how Trump is trying to kill climate action in the states for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Trump's Energy Secretary has just issued an emergency order to keep a coal plant operating, even though the plant was slated to close at the end of the month

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As climate damages mount, dozens of cities, counties & states are taking the fossil fuel industry to court in a wave of tobacco-style litigation A new report from @ucs.org examines the evidence behind these lawsuits, as Big Oil fights to evade accountability www.oneearthnow.org/p/big-oil-de...

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Subpoenaed industry docs demonstrate how Big Oil uses sponsorships to enhance its reputation while it lobbies to block climate policies Investigation & reporting by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/05/20/r...

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A state court judge in Pennsylvania has ruled to dismiss a climate deception lawsuit filed last year by Bucks County, PA against major oil & gas firms It's the latest in a string of dismissals in similar cases, though other suits v. Big Oil are advancing www.climateinthecourts.com/court-dismis...

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"As climate impacts intensify & major polluters resist accountability, those most affected by the climate crisis are increasingly turning to courts," says @ciel.org's Joie Chowdhury Through advisory opinions, courts are clarifying legal duties to #ActonClimate www.oneearthnow.org/p/a-turning-...

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Fossil fuel companies spent decades misleading the public about what they knew about climate change and the dangers of the products they were selling. A new report details how those companies did it—and how their efforts are evolving today insideclimatenews.org/news/1405202...

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As a candidate, Trump tried to distance himself from Project 2025, a far-right policy plan to gut the federal government. Now, as president, Trump is carrying out much of the policy's agenda. On the initiative’s environment and energy-related proposals, 60 percent have been or are being implemented.

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Since a Dutch court ruled in 2021 that Shell has a legal obligation to slash its CO2 emissions, Shell has decided to invest in 32 new oil & gas fields, & it has stakes in another 700 fields yet to be developed The company now faces a fresh climate case in 🇳🇱 insideclimatenews.org/news/1305202...

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BREAKING: The Dutch NGO that won a historic court verdict against Shell in a pioneering climate accountability lawsuit is starting a new climate case against the oil major. Milieudefensie demands that Shell immediately stop developing new oil & gas fields #climatelitigation

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"Today’s decision brings us one step closer to justice and the resources we need to protect our future," said City of Boulder mayor Aaron Brockett ExxonMobil said it will "continue to fight these claims" More here www.climateinthecourts.com/colorados-to...

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BREAKING: Colorado Supreme Court rules (5-2) against Exxon & Suncor in Boulder's climate accountability lawsuit With this ruling, Boulder is a big step closer to putting oil companies on trial for alleged deception & misrepresentation of the climate risks of their products

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A case challenging Ontario's weakened climate policy could be on the verge of a precedent-setting victory after Canada's Supreme Court denies government's leave to appeal, while a suit against the Canadian federal government is set to go to trial next year www.climateinthecourts.com/youth-climat...

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Great reporting from HEATED on Hawaii's first-in-the-nation "green fee" on tourists to help fund climate resiliency efforts heated.world/p/the-realit...

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While some states continue to make strides in efforts to reduce emissions & advance clean energy, they do so in the face of a Trump admin. that is blocking federal climate-related funding & threatening to go after states for their climate laws & lawsuits www.truthdig.com/articles/on-...

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As climate costs pile up, Hawaii is taking several actions to try to alleviate the impacts, including suing #BigOil over climate damages & deception, urging insurers to take polluters to court, & raising a new "green fee" on tourists More here from One Earth Now www.oneearthnow.org/p/hawaii-tak...

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Courts continue to be an important battleground in the climate fight. Climate in the Courts is a news outlet dedicated to covering this rapidly evolving & expanding space of #climatelitigation. Check it out and subscribe www.climateinthecourts.com

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“The use of the United States Department of Justice to fight on behalf of the fossil fuel industry is deeply disturbing and is a direct attack on Hawaiʻi’s rights as a sovereign state," said Hawaii AG Anne Lopez More here #climatelitigation insideclimatenews.org/news/0205202...

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Hawaii is now suing #BigOil alleging climate deception - the 10th state so far to take the industry to court over climate Comes after Trump's DOJ preemptively sued Hawaii AND Michigan to block their anticipated climate suits. DOJ also sued VT & NY today over their climate superfund laws

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"Every single day that President Trump is in this office there will be a major environmental accomplishment," Trump's EPA head Lee Zeldin boasts. Then in the next breath he says "we're also launching the largest deregulatory action in the history of the country."

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This is an illegal act by the Trump administration. It's time for consequences, folks.

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In the Netherlands, The Hague enacted a word-first municipal law in September banning fossil fuel ads – and now that law has survived its first legal challenge oneearthnow.substack.com/p/dutch-cour...

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Another hurdle cleared by Mike Smith in his effort to hold NZ's biggest corporate polluters to account. Smith, a Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu elder, will finally have his case heard in April 2027, 8 years after lodging it. #climatejustice #climatelitigation www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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www.politico.com/news/2025/04... " ... internal emails show that Trump administration lawyers "knew they were on uncertain legal ground" as they tried to block the Biden-era EPA's awards under the $20 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Can scientists trace climate losses back to the emissions from individual fossil fuel companies? Yes, we can. The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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New study by @ccallahan45.bsky.social & @jsmankin.bsky.social demonstrates a framework for linking measurable climate damages to particular emitters, which could help bolster climate liability initiatives www.thenewlede.org/2025/04/9-tr...

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A judge has denied Big Oil's motions to dismiss DC's climate deception case. The ruling is a big procedural win for #climateaccountability efforts "The fossil fuel industry’s day of legal reckoning is closer than ever" said @climateintegrity.org's Richard Wiles

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NEW: White House says not taking aim at green group tax status Concerns ran high after President Donald Trump took aim at the charitable status of Harvard University, seen as a first shot against tax-exempt groups.

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Stand out against tyranny & fascism in Pittsfield, MA #April19 #NoKings #FiftyFiftyOne @maddow.msnbc.com

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Youth activists in Sweden, Portugal, & the US are continuing their fight for climate accountability in the courts "We are as determined as ever to continue our fight for a livable future," said Cláudia Duarte Agostinho More here #climatelitigation www.climateinthecourts.com/youth-contin...

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The Justice Department spent the weekend defying a federal court, and this morning Trump and his top officials revealed that they will defy the Supreme Court, refusing to take ANY steps to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. We have passed the point of crisis: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Trump is trampling states' rights to shield Big Oil from paying for its pollution. Earlier this month, he sicced the DOJ on states that dare hold oil giants accountable for the damage they cause. It's a reckless power grab that could signal even more attacks on climate action.

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At the COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai, countries issued a call to transition away from fossil fuels In the US, Trump is doing everything he can to boost them, while dismissing the climate threat "Reality wins against lies" says @whitehouse.senate.gov oneearthnow.substack.com/p/despite-co...

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An appeals court overturned dismissal of an Equal Protection civil rights lawsuit brought by St. James Parish residents against their local government challenging discriminatory zoning policies. The ruling allows the case to move forward - a win for environmental justice apnews.com/article/loui...

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#BigOil CEOs met w/ Trump last month & reportedly asked for his help in quashing their mounting climate liability risks So Trump is now directing DOJ to put a stop to state climate laws & lawsuits The industry is also lobbying Congress for liability relief www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump...

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BREAKING: Trump's new exec. order directs the US AG to intervene to stop state climate laws & lawsuits, incl. the climate superfund laws in VT & NY & state climate accountability suits against fossil fuel co's Comes after #BigOil execs complained about liability issues at a WH meeting w/ Trump

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Trump announced that as part of tens of millions of dollars of pro bono services law firms will be providing to him as a result of his shakedowns, law firms will work with coal companies on "leasing and other things"

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Pres. Trump just signed several executive orders boosting coal production & power - the dirtiest fossil fuel - incl. an order for DOJ to go after "radical leftist" states whose energy policies "discriminate" against coal

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Millions of people came out in more than 1,300 demonstrations across the United States and beyond on Saturday, in the largest display yet of resistance to the Trump regime #HandsOff2025 #DefendDemocracy oneearthnow.substack.com/p/trump-is-w...