Bob Seay, host of WGBH’s Morning Edition, interviewed WGBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed about Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s recent victory against ExxonMobil in an ongoing lawsuit against the company. Below is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation My understanding is the attorney general is suing ExxonMobil for failing to …
Rex Tillerson testifies during a confirmation hearing. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
The day before Trumpâs inauguration, his pick for Secretary of State will likely be getting questioned under oath. Lawyers for a landmark climate lawsuit , which claims the US government failed to protect future generations from the dangers of global warming, are scheduled to depose Rex Tillerson on January 19.
A sweeping climate change lawsuit filed against the Obama Administration will move forward, a judged ruled on Thursday, setting up an extraordinary legal battle between environmentalists and President-elect Donald Trump. The lawsuit claims the rights of 21 young Americans have been unconstitutionally violated because the federal government has allowed greenhouse gas pollution to be pumped into …
Supporters of the youth plaintiffs assemble on the steps of the US District Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon, after the hearing. The banner reads, “Our future is a constitutional right.” (Photo by Clayton Aldern/Grist & BillMoyers.com)
Donald Trump’s election to the presidency is a devastating blow to the environmental community, coming at a crucial juncture in the fight against climate change.
The federal court in Eugene, Oregon decided in favor of 21 youth plaintiffs on Thursday, in their “groundbreaking” constitutional climate lawsuit against President Obama, numerous federal agencies and the fossil fuel industry. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken rejected all arguments to dismiss raised by the federal government and fossil fuel industry, determining that the young plaintiffs’ …
The world’s first shareholder-led lawsuit over alleged inadequate disclosures of climate risk has been filed against Exxon. ClientEarth thinks it could be the first of many such legal actions. The filing of the case, in the US, follows revelations in Exxon’s third quarterly financial reports that it may be forced to write down nearly 20% of its oil and gas assets (the equivalent of 3.6 billion …
ExxonMobil Corp. is misleading investors about the drop in its oil and gas reserves resulting from climate change risks and the decline in oil prices, according to a class action lawsuit filed in federal court ( Ramirez v. ExxonMobil Corp. , N.D. Tex., No. 16-cv-03111, complaint 11/7/16 ).
Environmental group Greenpeace said Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against the Norwegian government for giving energy companies consent to drill in Arctic waters. The group’s Norwegian branch and regional advocate Nature and Youth said in their challenge that Norway was violating the Paris climate agreement by moving ahead with oil drilling in the Arctic waters of the …
Today young people filed a constitutional climate lawsuit against the Norwegian government for allowing oil companies to drill for new oil in the Arctic Barents Sea, endangering young people and future generations with more climate pollution. The plaintiffs, Nature and Youth – the largest youth-led organization in Norway – and Greenpeace Norway, argue that Norway has violated …
The Conservation Law Foundation wants to take Exxon to court over water pollution in Massachusetts. The Boston-based Conservation Law Foundation filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Thursday, arguing that the company is violating several key water regulations at one of their Boston storage and transfer locations. The site in …