The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating ...

The court has held that countries are under a legal obligation to take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The ruling ...

International Court of Justice has issued a landmark ruling that government actions driving climate change are illegal and states should be held legally responsible for their emissions. For the first ...

A warning from the United Nations’ top court that failing to address climate change could violate international law could ...

In recent years, states and municipalities have attempted to hold fossil fuel companies liable for their alleged impacts on climate change. Numerous states and municipalities have sued fossil fuel ...

(The Center Square) – A flurry of lawsuits have been filed around the country in recent years attempting to make oil and gas companies pay for the costs of climate change. But critics of these ...

March 14, 2025 - Recent actions by the Trump administration and by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) signal that the industry may see more streamlined reviews of proposed natural gas ...

Climate Change Litigation. Separately, several states and municipalities have filed lawsuits against energy companies under state tort theories, including public nuisance, failure to warn and ...

A growing number of climate activists are taking up a fresh idea as a rallying cry and a legal strategy: Nature, in all its manifestations, is alive.