ExxonMobil & Shell: What Did They Know, & When Did They Know It?
ThinkProgress has obtained a long buried video taken in 1998 that shows the head of Mobil Oil admitting that greenhouse gases are a global problem. Which raises this question: So what?
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Ninth Circuit Court Tells Trump Administration No In Climate Change Suit Appeal
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has slapped down the Trump Administration’s last ditch attempt to delay the novel climate change lawsuit brought by 21 young plaintiffs and Our Children’s Trust.
New York City Sues 5 Major Oil Companies For Climate Change Related Damages
New York City has filed suit against 5 major oil companies asking them to pay to clean up the mess they have made. It also says its pension fund will sell off its shared in oil companies. Can you feel the gathering momentum?
Will US Courts Force America To Confront Climate Change?
Courts are poorly equipped to deal with public policy considerations like climate change. But at a time when the executive and legislative branches of American government are bought and paid for by fossil fuel interests, they may be the last, best option for climate activists. That’s the opinion of climate scientist James Hansen, who has been sounding the alarm about climate change for more than 30 years.
San Francisco & Oakland’s Lawsuit Against 5 Oil Companies — More Depth & Context
San Francisco and Oakland have sued 5 oil companies, asking them to pay into a fund to indemnify the cities against the cost of combating rising sea levels.
James Hansen Issues New Young People’s Burden Report On Climate Change (Video)
James Hansen has published a new report in which he claims it is already too late to simply reduce carbon emissions. The nations of the world must now consider active measures to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a process he says will place an enormous financial burden on young people and generations to come.
All Fracking Is Local
As the BLM tries to block an Obama rule that would protect drinking water on public lands, citizens in western Pennsylvania are taking direct action to block fracking operations and preserve their water supply from state sponsored pollution.
Our Children’s Trust Climate Lawsuit Scheduled For Trial On February 5
Despite a furious defensive effort by some of the most powerful and wealthiest corporations on the face of the earth represented by a phalanx of $1,000 an hour lawyers from the nation’s top law firms, the climate lawsuit filed by Our Children’s Trust on behalf of 21 young plaintiffs ranging in age from 9 to 20 is headed to court. This week, U.S. District Court Justice Ann Aiken set the trial date for February 5, 2018, in her courtroom in Eugene, Oregon.
Climate Activists Greet UK Air Pollution Proposals With Derision
The UK government submitted a proposal to address air pollution to the country’s highest court. The plan was greeted with derision by climate activists.
Massachusetts AG Wins A Round In ExxonMobil Legal Slug Fest
This week, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Attorney General Maura Healey and ordered ExxonMobil to turn over 40 years of records which Healey believes will show the company is part of “the most consequential lie in human history.”
