Climate Change

A district court denied business groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin two California laws that require large businesses to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions (S.B. 253) and climate-…

The D.C. Circuit denied petitions to review EPA's 2024 rule establishing an allocation methodology for hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) allowances for years 2024 through 2028 under the Agency's…

A district court granted two Indian tribes' motion to remand to state court a challenge brought against fossil fuel companies for climate change-related harms. The tribes sued in state court…

A district court granted EPA's and OMB's motion to dismiss a challenge brought by California youth against certain agency policies for allegedly undervaluing the lives of children in…

A district court granted the state of California's motion to dismiss a challenge to two California laws—SB 253, Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and SB 261, Greenhouse Gases:…

The Montana Supreme Court affirmed a trial court ruling that declared the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) violated youths' state constitutional right to a "clean and healthful…

The Hawaii Supreme Court held that greenhouse gases (GHGs) were "pollutants" under several insurance policies' pollution exclusions and that an "accident" included an…

The Ninth Circuit denied a motion for rehearing or reconsideration en banc of its mandamus order in a climate liability suit brought by 21 young people against the U.S. government.
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A district court adopted a magistrate judge's findings and recommendations to remand to state court a climate liability lawsuit brought by an Oregon county against oil and gas companies. The…

The Fifth Circuit dismissed for lack of standing four states' challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's final rule requiring funds to disclose their votes on environmental,…