ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write Louise Rouse & Naomi Ages, while denying it in public and supporting climate change deniers. Now they accuse their critics of 'chilling' climate science and the search for solutions. The truth is the precise opposite.
… Exxon is the one guilty of 'chilling' climate science! Louise Rouse Naomi Ages … Comment Fossil Fuels Oil Corporations Law Climate Change USA exxon-cut.jpg ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write …
In a landmark ruling, judges have ordered the Netherlands to do more to tackle the 'imminent danger' of climate change. Meanwhile an expert commission reports of an impending global health breakdown from unmitigated global warming.
… | 25th June 2015 News Law Health Netherlands Climate Change malaria-mursi-cut.jpg In a … to do more to tackle the 'imminent danger' of climate change. Meanwhile an expert commission … that a state should take precautions against climate change, the district court in The …
Nigeria is suffering political instability resulting from desertification and pollution, writes Senator Bukola Saraki. As Africa's most populous country it has no choice but to engage in the fight against climate change, its causes, and its consequences.
… For Nigeria, tackling climate change is a security imperative Bukola … | 8th March 2014 Comment Nigeria Africa Climate Change Unfccc Law … no choice but to engage in the fight against climate change, its causes, and its …
Climate activists who broke into Aberdeen Airport hope to convince jury their actions were justified in preventing larger crime of runaway climate change
… Scottish climate activists in the dock hope to set … The Ecologist | 14th June 2010 News Legal Climate Activists Aberdeen Climate Change Law climateactivistsaberdeen.jpg Nine climate …
Fund managers who neglect their 'duty of care' to clients by failing to put pressure on the companies they invest in to reduce their carbon emissions and prepare for a fossil-free future could be sued for their negligence, say respected experts in law, environment and finance.
… Fund managers: campaign on climate, or face lawsuits The Ecologist | 12th February 2016 News Climate Change Law Pollution Emissions Finance … in law, environment and finance. Systemic climate risk is an issue that fund managers, …
‘Green Deal’ seeks to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
… Progress for European climate law Thomas Muinzer | 19th December … 2019 News Change Makers International Climate Justice Climate Law Law Europe Green New Deal Green …
President Obama believes he can keep the promises he made on behalf of the USA at COP21, writes Robert Percival. And he's right - with or without the approval of Congress. But ultimately, it's up to US electors to maintain the political momentum for climate action. A future administration could put all his policies into reverse - no matter how foolish that would be.
… Obama's Paris climate pledges are legally durable - up to a … of Maryland | 17th December 2015 Comment Climate Change USA Politics Law COP21 … to maintain the political momentum for climate action. A future administration could …
In this joint statement to COP21 Amnesty International and Greenpeace International call on all governments to protect human rights by including making respect for human rights an explicit purpose of any agreement, while agreeing to phase out fossil fuels and deliver 100% renewables for all by 2050.
… International | 9th December 2015 Comment Climate Change Human Rights COP21 Law Unfccc … and deliver 100% renewables for all by 2050. Climate change is a human rights issue. … health, housing and other rights impacted by climate impacts. It is in our hands to stop …
An unprecedented coalition of 20 Attorneys General from US states and the Virgin Islands have combined to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the deception they have inflicted on customers and the wider public over climate change, writes Lauren McCauley, in a move hailed as a 'turning point' in the battle to save the climate.
… Attorneys General unite to target Exxon climate crimes Lauren McCauley Common Dreams | … 2016 News Fossil Fuels Oil Corporations Law Climate Change USA exxon_knew_share_v3.jpg An … on customers and the wider public over climate change, writes Lauren McCauley, in a …
Newly published letters show that the UK Government may ignore the Committee on Climate Change, its official advisor on climate, and allow emissions from aviation to soar at an expanded Heathrow airport, writes Damian Kahya. Instead it would rely on buying widely condemned 'carbon offsets'.
… Heathrow: Government may ignore its own climate advisors Damian Kahya Greenpeace … | 30th January 2017 News Transport Aviation Climate Change Emissions UK Politics Law … the UK Government may ignore the Committee on Climate Change, its official advisor on …
American NGO advocating for young people's future environmental rights has won a first key legal battle in its fight to force the United States to avoid dangerous climate change by cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, writes Sophie Marjanac. If upheld on appeal in higher courts, the ruling has huge implications for us all.
… Young Americans' legal victory could force climate change action Sophie Marjanac … ClientEarth | 19th April 2016 Comment Law Climate Change Human Rights Youth USA … to force the United States to avoid dangerous climate change by cutting its greenhouse gas …
Those who finance and direct strategic campaigns to undermine the public's ability to develop and voice informed opinions on climate change should - writes Lawrence Rorcello - face criminal penalties.
… Climate misinformation is criminally negligent … Lawrence Torcello | 14th March 2014 Comment Climate Change Law Corporations stop-koch.png … to develop and voice informed opinions on climate change should - writes Lawrence …
A new movement has been launched at COP21 in Paris to give legal effect to the rights of nature and communities, writes Hal Rhoades, providing effective protection against the gross environmental damage and human rights violations that accompany extractive industries from mining to oil development and agri-business projects, and which underlie climate change.
… 2015 News Law Human Rights Ecocide COP21 Climate Change Mining Indigenous Peoples … agri-business projects, and which underlie climate change. A new initiative launched … adopted at the World Peoples' Conference on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia in 2010, …
The Conservation Law Foundation has just filed the first lawsuit against ExxonMobil for violations under the Clean Water Act and other laws, committed in its deliberate, reckless and deceitful cover-up of it's true knowledge of the dangers of climate change.
… ExxonMobil sued over climate cover-up Oliver Tickell | 30th September 2016 News Law Climate Change Corporations USA … of it's true knowledge of the dangers of climate change. The Conservation Law …
Plane Stupid's Heathrow 13 escaped immediate incarceration yesterday for occupying Heathrow's northern runway last summer. But the threat of imprisonment remains firmly in place, writes Ali Tamlit, from a state determined to defend the corporations that are inflicting the systemic violence of climate change on us all. The peaceful fight for a better world must go on.
… #Heathrow13: the systemic violence of climate change Ali Tamlit | 25th February 2016 News Climate Change Aviation Law War … that are inflicting the systemic violence of climate change on us all. The peaceful fight …
The Philippines is taking a huge leap forward in the climate wars, writes Ellen Baker, with the world's 'top 50' energy giants standing accused of violating international human rights law as a result of their fossil fuel production. This is the first such investigation ever to take place anywhere in the world - and it just opened up a whole new front of corporate vulnerability.
… | 13th January 2016 Activism Human Rights Climate Change Law Energy Philippines COP21 … is taking a huge leap forward in the climate wars, writes Ellen Baker, with the … said these corporations are intensifying climate change and its impacts with their …
Protestors who closed down the coal mine on climate change denier Matt Ridley's estate faced a claim of £100,000 in losses, writes Brendan Montague. But a judge cut that down by over 90% while declaring the eight defendants of 'impeccable character'.
… Matt Ridley coal mine hit with £100,000 climate protest bill Brendan Montague … | 20th December 2015 News Coal Protest Climate Change UK Law end-coal-fluor-cut.jpg … Protestors who closed down the coal mine on climate change denier Matt Ridley's estate …
The coal profits that fill Matt Ridley's bank account come wet with the blood of those killed and displaced by the climate disaster his mines contribute to, writes T. If hgis consicence is no longer functioning, then others must step into that role to confront him with the evil that he is doing.
… Coal Now | 20th December 2015 Comment Coal Climate Change UK Law Protest … blood of those killed and displaced by the climate disaster his mines contribute to, … against a mine that is a major contributor to climate disaster, and a powerful statement …
The US Constitution guarantees the rights of future generations, not just current ones, writes James E. Hansen. But those rights are being betrayed, knowingly and deliberately, by governments and politicians who are standing by and allowing climate change to wreak long term havoc on the planet. Today, this legal principle is being asserted in a Federal Court in Oregon.
… James E. Hansen | 9th March 2016 Activism Law Climate Change USA Emissions Politics … politicians who are standing by and allowing climate change to wreak long term havoc on the … manifestly outsized role in causing dangerous climate change presents such a fundamental …
The Green MP for Brighton, Caroline Lucas, and four other protestors have been found 'not guilty' by Brighton magistrates on charges of obstructing the highway and other public order offences at a 2013 anti-fracking protest. 'The fight goes on!'
… particularly its role in accelerating climate change. "We are pleased that the court … with the release of two major UN studies on climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report warned …
The government's policies on climate, energy and industry are not merely stupid, writes Alan Simpson. The repeated cuts to renewables and energy efficiency, combined with limitless largesse to fossil fuels, has reached the point of insanity in the face of the UK's legal obligations and the growing climate crisis. Only we, the people, can end the madness.
… Britain's race for the climate abyss - only we can stop it now! Alan Simpson | 13th November 2015 Comment Climate Change Energy Renewables Fossil Fuels … The government's policies on climate, energy and industry are not merely …
A direct action protest by Rising Up! today blocked access to three Heathrow terminals to press their demand for no third runway at the UK's biggest airport. The activists included both climate campaigners and local people fearful of increased pollution, loss of homes and green space and entire villages destroyed.
… February 2017 News Protest Aviation Transport Climate Change UK Law Emissions Politics … biggest airport. The activists included both climate campaigners and local people fearful … a year lose their lives due to effects of climate change, most of these being black, …
Environmental law has a unique opportunity to set requirements on what steps are necessary to mitigate the effects of climate change to protect us.
… Environmental law and climate breakdown Emily Folk | 28th May 2019 … Thought Leaders Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with climate activists Environmental law has a … are necessary to mitigate the effects of climate change to protect us. The escalating …