2017 Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 14, 2023
The largest contributors to this deadly type of pollution come from human-made emission sources that burn fossil fuels, such as coal-fired power plants and vehicular emissions of diesel and gasoline. pollution, half of the deaths are attributable to the burning of fossil fuels. EPA’s PM 2.5 EPA’s PM 2.5
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. By Korey Silverman-Roati. Background. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.
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Law Columbia
MAY 12, 2023
Over the last five years, cities, counties, and states across the country have sued fossil fuel companies alleging that the companies violated state law in marketing their products as safe. Second are cases that allege the fossil fuel company activities violate state consumer protection laws. On April 24, the U.S.
Energy & the Law
JULY 31, 2022
And so it is with the plethora of lawsuits by states, cities and counties against oil and gas producers claiming catastrophic damages from fossil fuels. Baltimore alleges oil company defendants violated state-laws and concealed dangers associated with their fossil fuel products. There are others. Suncor Energy .
Legal Planet
JULY 12, 2023
The bench trial took place last month in the state capitol, Helena, where 16 youth plaintiffs ages 5 to 22 made the case that Montana’s unwavering promotion of fossil fuels violates the state constitution’s guarantee to a “clean and healthful environment.” Whether Montana’s GHG emissions can be measured incrementally.
Corp Watch
JUNE 7, 2023
Total Penalties $241,580,318 (July 7, 2023) Number of Records 118 Books Agrifood Atlas: Facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation & Friends of the Earth Europe (2017) Citizen Coke by Bartow J. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), promising to pay $2.25
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Local actors seek climate change damages from the biggest fossil fuel companies through state law litigation. It also leaves untouched the litigation that has been bubbling up in state courts against the fossil fuel industry. In the wake of West Virginia v. Personal jurisdiction.
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