Legal Victories

1. Landmark Ruling Blocks Mining in Ecuadorian Forest, Citing Rights of Nature

2021-12-03
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Yale E360
View In: Legal VictoriesEcuador's constitutional court has blocked plans to mine copper and gold in Los Cedros, a protected cloud forest, ruling that the plans violate the rights of nature.Read more on E360 →

2. 'Big Win' for Public Lands and Climate as US Judge Reinstates Coal Lease Ban

2022-08-12
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Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Legal Victories“It's past time that this misguided action by the Trump administration is overturned,” said one environmental campaigner.

3. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Exxon Faces the Music

2022-05-28
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The Daily Poster
View In: Legal VictoriesAlso: A crackdown on SUVs and more victories for Starbucks workers.

4. US supreme court rejects Dakota Access pipeline appeal

2022-02-22
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The Guardian
View In: Legal VictoriesPipeline operator sought to overturn 2020 legal victory striking down a key federal permitThe US supreme court has rejected a case by the Dakota Access oil pipeline operator to avoid a legally mandated environmental review, in a major victory for tribes and environmentalists campaigning to permanentl...

5. More than two dozen major lawsuits are putting a price tag on the climate damage caused by fossil fuel companies

2022-02-03
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NationofChange
View In: Legal VictoriesFour years ago, Boulder, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy—owner of the only oil refinery in the state—for climate change-related damages and adaptation expenses. Boulder and its co-plaintiffs, Boulder County and San Miguel County, home to Telluride, estimated the damage caused by extreme weathe...

6. Montana Plaintiffs Announce First Children’s Climate Trial in History of US

2022-02-08
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Truth Out
View In: Legal VictoriesThe youth plaintiffs seek to challenge the constitutionality of the state's energy policy.

7. IT’S THE END OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL (as we know it) | CODE ROOD

2021-11-19
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View In: Legal VictoriesShell flees the Netherlands, but on this planet there is nowhere to run from climate justice. Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden announced today that he will flee the Netherlands and move to the UK.

8. IT’S THE END OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL (as we know it)

2021-11-15
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CODE ROOD
View In: Legal VictoriesShell flees the Netherlands, but on this planet there is nowhere to run from climate justice. Shell’s CEO Ben van…

9. In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights

2022-05-15
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Inside Climate News
View In: Legal VictoriesWhen Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in 2013, it made a direct hit on the hometown of Yeb Saño’s family. Saño,the country’s chief climate negotiator at the time, had to attend the United Nations climate change conference in Poland only days after the storm passed. As he addressed the other delegates...

Legal Victories

1. Landmark Ruling Blocks Mining in Ecuadorian Forest, Citing Rights of Nature

2. 'Big Win' for Public Lands and Climate as US Judge Reinstates Coal Lease Ban

3. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Exxon Faces the Music

4. US supreme court rejects Dakota Access pipeline appeal

5. More than two dozen major lawsuits are putting a price tag on the climate damage caused by fossil fuel companies

6. Montana Plaintiffs Announce First Children’s Climate Trial in History of US

7. IT’S THE END OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL (as we know it) | CODE ROOD

8. IT’S THE END OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL (as we know it)

9. In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights

10. Honolulu scores a win against Big Oil in climate change lawsuit

11. Everything is bigger in Texas — including Exxon’s defeat

12. Dakota Access Pipeline operator loses legal battle

13. Campaigners force Shell to halt oil exploration on South African coast

14. 'Big Win' as Shell Ordered to Stop Seismic Blasting Along South African Coast