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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn’t attend. In 2015, the Hague District Court in the Netherlands issued a landmark ruling — subsequently upheld on appeal — in a climate lawsuit brought by Urgenda and Dutch citizens against the national government. In the U.S., The Juliana v.

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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

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At a Columbia University symposium, physicist Edward Teller warns oil executives about rising levels of carbon dioxide and the likelihood of global warming and sea level rise by the end of the century. I love how he calls greenhouse gas emissions from cars “pollution.” Document 1: 1959. FRANTA: Absolutely.

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Shell and the new era of climate risk

GreenBiz

As Scientific American noted : "For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.". The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world’s largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors. Pull Quote.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn't lack is pollution. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth.

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Shell and the new era of climate risk

Business Green

As Scientific American noted : "For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.". The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world's largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors.

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Shell and the new era of climate risk

AGreenLiving

As Scientific American noted : “For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.” ” The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world’s largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

AGreenLiving

Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn’t lack is pollution. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth.