Biggest polluters linked to worsening wildfires in Western US and Canada
Emissions from these top fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers could also be linked to about 50% of increasing drought and high fire-risk conditions in the same area since 1901.
How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement
The Global Climate Strike is the result of a whole new generation taking bold action and could be the turning point for grassroots resistance to fossil fuels.
Global accountability on trial: International Court tackles nations’ legal obligations to combat climate change
Landmark hearings at the International Court of Justice examine states’ responsibilities for climate harm, driven by Pacific Island nations on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
27 youth climate activists arrested for Canadian parliament sit-in demanding Green New Deal
"Climate change is impacting us now, so we're acting now and we expect our politicians to do the same."
How Montanans Stopped the Largest New Coal Mine in North America
The abandonment of the Otter Creek mine project shows that land defenders and climate activists are learning how to take on big energy companies and win.
Trump signs executive order greenlighting ‘corporate takeover of our oceans while they hope we...
Environmental groups sued the EPA over the move, which they condemned as a "free pass for polluters."
Fossil fuel companies and their supporters ask Supreme Court to intervene in climate lawsuits
“I would imagine the oil companies will seek en banc [full court] review in the Ninth Circuit. If that fails they'll petition … the Supreme Court.”
Nuns protest Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline by building chapel on proposed route
The company has since filed an emergency court order to seize the nuns’ land and build the pipeline.
2022 was a big year for climate action in the courts
The past year saw major developments in accountability cases against oil companies and national governments around the world, as well as setbacks for several high-profile fossil fuel projects.
Oil spill shuts TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline in same county where ‘paper-thin’ pipe found in...
The cause of the spill is not yet clear and investigators have not yet confirmed its precise location.