Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Laws and policy on climate change and environmental protection

Climate change lawsuits collapsing like dominoes

Inside Sources Climate change activists went to court in California recently trying to halt a long losing streak in their quest to punish energy companies for aiding and abetting the world’s consumption of fossil fuels. A handful of California cities — big consumers of fossil fuels themselves — asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse

ExxonMobil Reduces oil and gas 360

Exxon says N.Y. used fraud claims to score political points

Houston Chronicle You’d expect most companies accused of a longstanding fraudulent scheme to be thrilled if the government dropped those claims against them. Not so for Exxon Mobil Corp. Source: Houston Chronicle The energy giant unleashed a torrent of criticism against New York Attorney General Letitia James in court filings Monday, more than a week after the state sought to

Exxon's lawyer calls lawsuit a 'cruel joke' as climate change fraud trial ends-oag360

Exxon’s lawyer calls lawsuit a ‘cruel joke’ as climate change fraud trial ends

Source: Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for New York state and Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) delivered closing arguments in a closely watched trial accusing the oil company of hiding from investors the true cost of addressing climate change. The case, filed in October 2018 in Manhattan state court, was the first of several climate-related lawsuits against major oil companies