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  1. May 23, 2023

    Calif. Climate Suits Against Energy Cos. Return To State Court

    Following more than a five-year pause, related lawsuits from local California governments accusing energy companies of contributing to global warming are returning to state court after a district judge remanded them in 2018 but stayed the proceedings while the companies appealed the decision all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

  2. April 10, 2018

    Calif. Climate Torts' Remand On Hold Amid 9th Circ. Appeal

    A California federal judge agreed on Monday with Exxon Mobil Corp. and other energy companies and put on hold an order sending climate change-related litigation brought by several local governments to state court, providing the Ninth Circuit with a chance to decide its jurisdiction.

  3. March 27, 2018

    Energy Cos. Urge Delay On Remand Of Calif. Climate Suits

    Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and others on Monday urged a California federal judge to hold off on sending three municipalities' climate change tort suits back to state court, arguing that the court should wait for a Ninth Circuit decision that will settle questions concerning jurisdiction.

  4. March 16, 2018

    Calif. Climate Suits Sent Back To State Court In Fed Split

    A California federal judge Friday sent back to state court climate change torts lodged by a trio of municipalities against dozens of oil, gas and coal companies, creating a split with another judge who's said similar suits filed by San Francisco and Oakland belong in federal court.

  5. January 01, 2018

    The Biggest Environmental Cases To Watch In 2018

    Courts across the U.S. are poised to issue important rulings in environmental cases in the coming year, including a closely watched high court battle over where challenges to a rule defining the federal government’s jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act belong, and lawsuits seeking to reverse President Donald Trump’s moves to shrink national monuments. Here are the biggest environmental cases to watch in 2018.

  6. November 27, 2017

    Calif. Governments Appeal Peabody's Exit From Climate Suit

    Two California counties and a city announced Sunday they'll appeal a bankruptcy court's decision to shield post-bankruptcy Peabody Energy from liability for driving long-term, possibly irreversible damage to the climate, as three dozen other fossil-fuel extractors continue to face the claims.

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