Honolulu’s Climate Change Power Grab Begs for U.S. Supreme Court Correction
Here’s what happened: Should a single municipality be able to manipulate energy policy for the entire country? That’s the question before the U.S. Supreme Court in the city of Honolulu’s climate nuisance lawsuit. Get the details: Honolulu is just one of the dozens of cities, states and municipalities that have filed climate nuisance lawsuits against […]
Opinion: Chicago’s Climate Lawsuit Betrays Its Civic History
Here’s what happened: Congressman Mike Flanagan (R, Illinois) is out with a new opinion piece criticizing the city of Chicago’s “frivolous” climate nuisance lawsuit against energy companies. A troubling trend: Chicago is one of dozens of local governments that have filed climate nuisance suits in an attempt to pad their budgets and achieve at the […]
Honolulu Tries to Mug Energy Companies
Here’s what happened: More energy companies are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review Hawaii’s climate nuisance lawsuit. Tell me more: The Hawaiian Supreme Court has ruled that, while energy companies successfully prevented federal common-law public-nuisance suits, they did not address identical state actions. The companies have argued that states and local governments are improperly […]
Oil industry asks SCOTUS to put an end to local government climate change suits
What happened: Some of the world’s largest energy producers have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review Hawaii’s climate nuisance lawsuit. Dig deeper: The companies allege that states and local governments are inappropriately trying to regulate emissions, which is a federal responsibility, but Hawaii’s Supreme Court has ruled that the case is about disinformation, not […]
Chicago sues BP, Chevron, other oil companies over ‘climate deception’
What happened: Chicago is the latest city to hop on the climate nuisance litigation train. ICYMI: Courts have ruled time and time again that public nuisance only applies to actions–not products. But that hasn’t stopped the proliferation of climate nuisance lawsuits–encouraged by plaintiffs lawyers–across the country. Find out more in the TLR Advocate It’s cookie-cutter: […]
Left-wing climate group ‘indoctrinates judges’ as lawsuits against fossil fuel companies are the rise
Here’s what happened: A new report looks at The Climate Judiciary Project’s (CJP) ideological influence on judges who are handling widespread climate nuisance litigation Tell me more: Some are criticizing CJP’s collaboration with judicial education institutions as an attempt to introduce judges to specific ideological interpretations of climate-related issues. As of May 2023, the Capital […]
Delaware judge limits scope of sweeping climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
What happened: A Delaware judge has dismissed numerous claims filed by the state’s attorney general in a climate change lawsuit attempting to hold the fossil fuel industry responsible for air pollution within the state. Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Jennings filed the lawsuit against major oil companies in 2020, partnering with a California-based law firm known […]
US Supreme Court declines to hear Exxon, Koch Industries appeal in climate case
What happened: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in another climate nuisance lawsuit—this time by Minnesota—sending the case back down to state court. Zoom in: Like the dozens of other climate nuisance cases filed around the country, Minnesota’s 2020 lawsuit accused fossil fuel companies of knowingly contributing to climate change and […]