Even with the pressure from climate change litigation, there has still been no regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the US federal government. However, through cases that have yet to be resolved, in particular the above-mentioned lawsuit, there is hope that the White House will finally act...
An empirical survey of climate change litigation in the United States. FSU College of Law , Public Law Research Paper (433).Markell, David L. and Ruhl, J. B. (2010). "An Empirical Survey of Climate Change Litigation in the United States"; FSU College of Law, Public Law; Research ...
v. Connecticut ("AEP"), the United States Supreme Court held that federal common law public nuisance claims seeking injunctive relief against emitters of greenhouse gases ("GHG") were displaced by the Clean Air Act ("CAA") and EPA's regulatory implementation of the Act's provisions. In ...
Climate Change Litigation: International court rules on violation of human rights in landmark climat 16 July 2024 Deep dive: the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on climate change and its impact on the maritime sector – Exec Decarbonisation in the Shipping Industry | Climate Change Risk Practice ...
Issues in Climate Change Litigation.Issues in Climate Change Litigation.Climate change is an urgent environmental problem yet many governments have struggled to develop an effective national regulatory response. Instead, environmental advocates have turned increasingly to courts for a solution, mounting ambit...
A Shift in US Climate Change Law and Litigation – Impacts on Business Take Shape US federal courts have been sceptical about their authority to compel action on climate change. However, other arms of government are introducing measures, shifting the lega...
Extreme weather event attribution science and climate change litigation: an essential step in the causal chain? J. Energy Nat. Resour. Law 36, 265–298 (2018). Article Google Scholar McCormick, S. et al. Strategies in and outcomes of climate change litigation in the United States. Nat. ...
Animal Agriculture Liability for Climatic Nuisance: A Path Forward for Climate Change Litigation?Despite possessing statutory authority to regulate at least some contributing causes of climate change, environmental regulators in the United States have recenSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Although there has been an increase in climate change litigation and rights-based claims internationally, there remain a number of barriers to overcome. Firstly, it has been acknowledged in some cases that the court does not have the power to make decisions on these matters. In the mentioned ca...
A. Bender, Greenhouse Gas Politics and Climate Change Public Nuisance Litigation, Environmental Claims Journal, 22(2): 7890, 2010. It discusses developments in climate change public nuisance litigation since May 2010, with an emphasis on how actions taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...