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‘Historic’ Court Ruling Will Force France To Justify Its Climate Targets

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Tags: France climate lawsuit Paris Agreement Greenpeace France climate action Read time: 5 mins A French court this week issued what climate campaigners are calling a “historic decision” in the fight to hold national governments accountable for insufficient action to address the climate crisis.

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Norway’s Supreme Court to Decide on Climate Lawsuit Challenging Offshore Arctic Oil Drilling

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Tags: Norway Arctic Oil climate change climate litigation petroleum exports Greenpeace Norway The forthcoming decision from Norway’s highest court could, for the first time anywhere in the world, invalidate offshore petroleum production on climate change grounds.

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'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis

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A new report released Tuesday by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA found that reinstating the U.S. Tags: oil change international greenpeace crude oil export ban Crude Oil Exports

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"Disappointing" Decision from Norway's Supreme Court in Climate Lawsuit Challenging Arctic Offshore Oil Licenses

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Tags: climate lawsuits Norway Arctic Oil Greenpeace Norway CIEL The ruling – a culmination of four years of high-profile litigation in a case challenging continued fossil fuel production on climate change grounds — came as a big disappointment, and even outrage , for environmental and climate activists in Norway and internationally.

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2020 Was a Busy Year for Taking the Climate Fight to the Courts

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Tags: climate lawsuits youth climate lawsuits climate accountability Greenpeace International EarthRights International U.S. Supreme Court fossil fuel companies

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LNG Exporter Downplays Emissions to Justify Expansion

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In recent months, Cheniere Energy, the largest LNG exporter in the United States, has begun providing emissions data , which it calls “carbon emissions tags,” or CE tags, for its gas. The tags quantify the greenhouse gas emissions of a given LNG cargo, with the aim of easing buyers’ concerns. But there are problems here as well.

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Greenpeace Shuts Down Houston Ship Channel to Protest Oil Exports as Democratic Candidates Arrive in Texas for Debate

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Read time: 4 mins Today, as Democratic presidential contenders arrive for a major debate this evening in Houston, 22 activists from Greenpeace sought to shut down what they called the country’s “largest fossil fuel thoroughfare,” the Houston Ship Channel, by rappelling from the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas.