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Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products US et al

  1. May 29, 2025

    Shell Told To Disclose Climate Risk Docs In RI Terminal Case

    A Rhode Island federal judge Thursday ordered Shell Oil Co. to answer the Conservation Law Foundation's inquiries concerning its knowledge behind the construction and operation of a bulk storage terminal in Providence that the conservation group claims is unprepared for flooding and other weather events expected in a changing climate.

  2. November 03, 2023

    Enviro Group Seeks To Force Shell Answers In Climate Suit

    The Conservation Law Foundation is asking a Rhode Island federal judge to order Shell Oil Co. to answer a string of inquiries over its potential operator liability for a bulk storage terminal in Providence the group claims is unprepared for flooding and other weather events expected in a changing climate.

  3. June 30, 2022

    Judge Says Shell Should Face RI Climate Change Suit

    Shell can't dodge a suit alleging a subsidiary failed to fortify a gas terminal against climate change, a Rhode Island magistrate judge said Thursday after determining an environmental group adequately argued the company exercised enough control for potential liability.

  4. March 07, 2022

    Green Group Fights For Shell Climate Policies In Terminal Suit

    Environmentalists want a Rhode Island federal court to force Shell Oil to hand over its internal climate change guidelines, arguing the policies are relevant to their suit claiming the oil giant has failed to adequately fortify a terminal in the state against severe storms.

  5. September 28, 2020

    Shell Dodges Part Of Climate Change Gas Terminal Suit

    An environmental group can't hold Shell Oil Co. accountable for failing to fortify a gas terminal against the potential of climate change 80 years down the road but may have a case in the near term, a Rhode Island federal judge said Monday.

  6. July 31, 2020

    RI Says Shell Can't Stop Suit Over Fuel Terminal Vulnerability

    Shell Oil Co. cannot halt an environmental group's suit seeking to hold the company accountable for failing to protect a fuel terminal in Providence, Rhode Island, from the effects of climate change, the state's government told a federal court in an amicus brief filed Thursday.

  7. 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.

  8. August 29, 2017

    Shell Sued Over Climate Change Risks To RI Terminal

    Conservationists on Monday hit Shell with a lawsuit in Rhode Island federal court alleging that the fuel giant hasn't protected its Providence fuel terminal from the effects of climate change.