Climate Litigation

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July 2, 2024

What’s New in Climate Lawsuits?

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

A group of scientists stand in front of Citigroup on Wall St. during the Scientists Speakout Day in June 2024. They hold a banner showing the global average temperatures from 1860 via a color graph that becomes much redder after 2010.

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June 20, 2024

Scientists Demand Citigroup End Fossil Fuel Funding

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 28, 2024

Here’s What We’re Asking Major Fossil Fuel Corporations at This Year’s Annual Meetings

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

ExxonMobil on a financial stock computer screen

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April 4, 2024

As its Lone Climate Scientist Board Member Departs, ExxonMobil Still Heads in the Wrong Direction

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

A scientist, underwater in diving gear, examines coral reefs and makes notes on an underwater clipboard in Virgin Islands National Park. Warmer ocean temperatures and more acidic waters (from increased carbon dioxide levels) are bleaching and dissolving coral reefs around the world.

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April 4, 2024

New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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January 25, 2024

Climate Litigation: Reflection and Anticipation for 2024

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

UCS

January 10, 2024

Navigating Net Zero Via the Law

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

Hannah Poor/UCS

November 20, 2023

World Leaders Must Protect UN Climate Talks from Fossil Fuel Industry Interference

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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November 6, 2023

Climate Litigation and UN Climate Talks: An Important Symbiosis

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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September 21, 2023

California Advances Corporate Climate Accountability Amid New Evidence of ExxonMobil’s Deception

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

photo of a gavel being tapped on a courtroom desk; the judge's hand holding the gavel can barely be seen in the dark background

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July 18, 2023

Climate Litigation Is Spreading Around the World

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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May 22, 2023

Western Wildfires are Burning Through Local and State Budgets

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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May 10, 2023

An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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March 24, 2023

Rising Seas, Rising Stakes: The Case for an International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion

Shaina Sadai
Hitz Fellow

A protestor holds up a sign reading "we demand climate justice" at a Climate Strike and march in Pittsburgh on 9/24/21.

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January 30, 2023

Six Ways Science Can Boost Climate Accountability in 2023

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Two people survey the devastation created by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017, the morning after it hit

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January 30, 2023

Three Predictions for Climate Litigation in 2023

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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May 26, 2022

A Year After the Shell Ruling: Big Victories and Next Steps for Climate Litigation

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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April 18, 2022

How the Latest IPCC Reports Can Strengthen Climate Litigation Efforts

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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March 8, 2022

Court Case in Hawai’i Against Fossil Fuel Companies Passes Major Milestone

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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December 22, 2021

COP26: Five Key Takeaways on the Rising Tide of Climate Litigation

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

a gavel rests on a desk, with an image of Earth from outer space in the background

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August 13, 2021

Four Lessons from a Scientist Working to Inform Climate Litigation

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

Haze from wildfire smoke obscures a view of San Francisco from across the water. Everything in the photo appears yellow, orange, or brown with the pollution in the air.

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August 4, 2021

Let’s Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay—Five Ways to Thwart Their Smokescreen

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

350org

May 25, 2021

ExxonMobil Shareholders Must Vote for New Leadership—Here’s Why

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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April 2, 2021

Six Ways Chevron Imperils Climate, Human Rights, and Racial Justice

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program