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Puerto Rico's lawsuit comes just days after a Maryland judge delivered a major victory to the industry, rejecting the city of Baltimore’s 2018 climate liability challenge against BP and other ...
Charleston filed a lawsuit against 24 oil companies in 2020. Those companies submitted multiple motions to dismiss the case, ...
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, names Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco and other ... how their products contribute to climate change. The legal challenges, including those from New ...
Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico are leading the charge with lawsuits against Big Oil and the U.S. government over climate ... BP and 10 other companies, according to Hawaii state law. The ...
The ruling comes six months after a state judge in Maryland became the first to dismiss a local government’s entire climate change lawsuit ... city’s 2018 challenge against BP and other ...
A Washington, D.C., Superior Court judge has rejected efforts by the oil and gas industry to dismiss a climate liability lawsuit that seeks ... Shell and BP to dismiss the case, which centers ...
Five Democratic-led states seek damages from oil firms Companies are accused of concealing climate consequences Suits target Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, BP March 10 (Reuters ...
Charleston has faced criticism for joining a national effort to hold oil companies financially accountable for climate change ...
Attorney General Aaron Frey sued BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil ... about the “role of fossil fuel products in causing climate change.” The lawsuit was filed in Cumberland County Superior Court.
Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city's history. A lawsuit claims she was ...
Trump Administration Sues Four Democratic-Led States to Block Climate Laws ... ahead with filing a lawsuit on Thursday in state court against companies including BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil and ...
US Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to State Climate ... and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by Honolulu after the Hawaii Supreme Court allowed the climate change case to move forward.