On October 25th, 2025 with 89 comments
"Exxon Mobil sued California on Friday," reports Reuters, "challenging two state laws that require large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas...
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On June 18th, 2025 with 137 comments
The daughter of a Seattle woman who died during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave has filed the first wrongful death lawsuit directly linking fossil fuel...
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On May 8th, 2025 with 144 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known "billion-dollar weather and...
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On March 15th, 2025 with 64 comments
Slashdot has run nearly a dozen stories about Michael Mann, one of America's most prominent climate scientists and a co-creator of the famous "hockey stick"...
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On January 13th, 2025 with 75 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether to quash lawsuits brought by Honolulu seeking...
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On December 18th, 2024 with 222 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Montana's top court on Wednesday held that the state's constitution guaranteed a right to a stable...
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On November 24th, 2024 with 120 comments
"At points there was fear the talks would implode, as groups representing vulnerable small island states and the least-developed countries walked out of...
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On November 4th, 2024 with 110 comments
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles County has filed suit against the world's largest beverage companies —...
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On October 5th, 2024 with 52 comments
This week the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed charges over a "scheme to commit fraud" in carbon markets, which they say...
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On September 9th, 2024 with 58 comments
Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa have proposed a change to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recognize ecocide as a crime, allowing for the prosecution of...
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On July 16th, 2024 with 112 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Puerto Rico filed suit against fossil fuel companies this week, alleging that the oil and gas giants have...
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On July 9th, 2024 with 220 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Northwest Oregon had never seen anything like it. Over the course of three days in June 2021, Multnomah...
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On July 6th, 2024 with 53 comments
General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the U.S. government, reports the Associated Press, "because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do...
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On March 9th, 2024 with 39 comments
An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this article from Live Science:
Manufacturers will no longer use harmful "forever chemicals" in food packaging products...
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On January 19th, 2024 with 53 comments
Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped? Scientific American...
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On August 14th, 2023 with 120 comments
In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a...
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On April 4th, 2023 with 23 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: Amazon has branded itself as a climate crusader, touting its commitment to renewable energy and...
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