Climate Change Fossil Fuels Law 
Legal Planet
MARCH 3, 2025
These bills are designed to function similarly to the federal Superfund law, which allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to seek funds retroactively from polluters to clean up contaminated sites. The bill would enact a Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 which would establish the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Program.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 24, 2023
In an important win for climate accountability in the United States, the US Supreme Court decided that lawsuits filed in Colorado, Maryland, California, Hawai’i, and Rhode Island against fossil fuel companies including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Suncor, and others will remain in state courts.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 24, 2023
For the first time, the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—the world’s highest court—may be ruling on climate change. When diplomacy needs backup, countries turn to resolve their disputes at the ICJ, the United Nations’ principal judicial organ, to set the tone for international law. What is an advisory opinion?
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Understanding sea level rise as a long-term, multi-generational problem is essential to comprehending the scale of climate change and the need for bold action now. While this knowledge may be sobering, it underscores the importance of reducing emissions, holding major polluters accountable, and adapting to a changing world.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 18, 2022
Production and combustion of fossil fuels imposes enormous costs on society, which the industry doesn’t pay for. I want to talk about some options for using the tax system to change that. The closest we’ve ever come to a carbon tax is a limited fee on methane emissions under the new IRA law. Download as PDF.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 14, 2025
As the climate crisis deepens, so does the urgency to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for decades of deception. As the fossil fuel industry spares no expense to obscure these truths, the work of scientists who engage with climate litigation is increasingly vital.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation , agents of obstruction, and drivers of climate change. This guidance has been solicited from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), Interamerican Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), and International Court of Justice (ICJ).
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