Four Legal Battles Affecting Our Climate Future | Fossil fuel expansion and greenwashing are at the core of major court actions.
by newnemo
Four Legal Battles Affecting Our Climate Future | Fossil fuel expansion and greenwashing are at the core of major court actions.
by newnemo
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The only way the status quo changes is when damages actually amount to eye-watering significant amounts of money. Until it is more profitable to adapt, rather than play legal games to continue, nothing will change, imo.
>In recent years, climate activists, local communities and states have turned to litigation in search of climate justice. The 2023 United States Congress was the decade’s least productive one, and the federal government’s lack of response to the climate crisis has inspired a slew of court cases seeking to hold polluters accountable and spur policy change.
>The number of climate court cases in the United States doubled in the last half-decade, and more than 100 were filed last year. This new year is set to be no different: “2024 is really a pivotal moment for climate litigation in the Western US,” said Delta Merner, the lead scientist at the Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists. “There’s a series of groundbreaking cases that will be moving through the courts.”
>The outcomes of the following cases could have significant implications for decarbonization efforts, corporate accountability, and policy. Here are four climate lawsuits in the West to keep an eye on in 2024.
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