The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating effects of climate change ...

Boulder argues they should be forced to pay for the costs it will incur to protect its community from climate change. The companies deny wrongdoing. They had fought for years to have the case ...

Justice Department calls planned laws, lawsuits an overreach Lawsuits challenge New York and Vermont climate "superfund" laws Hawaii sued fossil fuel industry after Justice Department case May 1 ...

The industry has faced a series of cases alleging it deceived the public about how fossil fuels contribute to climate change ... “The stakes in this case could not be higher,” attorneys ...

The State argues that it should not have to address its affirmative duty to a clean and healthful environment because even if Montana addresses its contribution to climate change, it will still be ...

SEOUL--One of South Korea’s highest courts began on Tuesday a public hearing into a case filed by two dozen ... to protect them by not addressing climate change. The hearing at the ...

In the case of climate change, the latter leads to what the researchers call a “proclimate social feedback loop.” It’s that loop—or lack of it—that the authors of the PLOS One paper were ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech ... Authorities in Belarus have opened a criminal case against the 78-year-old activist who became the face of the country’s pro-democracy ...

A landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, hearing the plight of ...

Cynthia Houniuhi, the head of the Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change that initiated the case, said climate change was undermining “the sacred contract” between generations.

The top United Nations court will take up the largest case ... when it opens two weeks of hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help ...