A new academic study, accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law, asks the pertinent question about Big Oil and climate change: “Given the extreme lethality of the conduct and the awareness of the catastrophic risk on the part of fossil fuel companies, should they be charged with homicide?”
Litigation
“Tears of Joy:” Activists Win Landmark Climate Case against Shell in the Netherlands
“This is a massive win for people all around the world. The Court’s ruling is crystal clear. Oil and gas companies can no longer hide behind empty climate promises and green PR. They will need to cut oil and gas production and sales to bring their emissions down in line with 1.5°C.”
IEA scenarios may not stand the test of climate litigation: Dutch Supreme Court ruling (Shell should pay attention)
By Laurie van der Burg As the climate crisis wreaks havoc across the globe and we enter a decade that will make or break our ability to limit warming to 1.5°C, Big Oil continues to use the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) dangerous scenarios to justify major new investments in oil and gas, including in court. … Read More
“This victory is for my ancestors. It’s for our forest and future generations.”
The Waorani people of Ecuador have won a historic victory in court protecting half a million acres of their territory in the Amazon from oil drilling.
“Bare-Knuckle” Exxon Countersues in #ExxonKnew Scandal
In a classic counter-punch move designed to scare off those trying to hold Big Oil accountable for its actions, Exxon has started suing the lawyers who are themselves suing the company over the #Exxonknew scandal – for misleading the public and investors over the risk of climate change.
Victory for Young Climate Activists in “Trial of Century”
It is a significant legal ruling in what has been described as the “most important lawsuit on the planet right now”.
Oil Giant Shell Sued Again Over Nigerian Pollution
The serial offender Shell is being sued. Again. The oil giant finds itself in a court in London today for the second time in five years for its ongoing chronic pollution problems in the Niger Delta.
Crude by Rail Industry “Ignored” Safety Issues, Court Will Hear
For anyone concerned about the rising spate of crude by rail accidents across North America, the derailment and explosion last July of a crude by rail train in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec, which killed 47 local residents, has become something of a cause célèbre.
60,000 Say No to EDF’s Legal Bullying
Just under 60,000 people have now signed a petition that demands that the French energy company EDF drop a sinister lawsuit against 21 climate change activists who occupied one of its power plants last year.
BP’s $9 Billion Spill Tax Scam
BP could settle the Deepwater Horizon spill trial and offset a whopping $9 billion against it tax bill