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  1. January 17, 2020

    Kids' Climate Suit Misses The Mark But Fallout Will Be Limited

    The sheer ambition of the youths asking the Ninth Circuit for a green light to pursue a total overhaul of the U.S. government's approach to fossil fuel use may be the saving grace for other climate change plaintiffs with more modest goals, who were nervously awaiting the appeals court's Friday ruling.

  2. January 17, 2020

    No Standing For Kids In Climate Case, 9th Circ. Says

    The Ninth Circuit said Friday that although a group of children would have a strong enough case to go to trial on claims their future is endangered by the federal government's failure to act to curb climate change, courts simply don't have the power to fix those policies.

  3. January 01, 2020

    Energy Cases To Watch In 2020

    Climate change will take center stage in energy-related courtroom battles in 2020, including liability suits against energy giants and suits challenging rollbacks of climate regulations, but there's also no shortage of non-climate cases with big implications for the energy industry. Here are nine cases that energy attorneys will be closely watching this year.

  4. July 19, 2019

    Biggest Enviro Law Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2019

    Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest environmental cases to watch in the second half of 2019, including U.S. Supreme Court appeals based on Superfund and Clean Water Act issues and a challenge to President Donald Trump's authority to shrink national monuments designed by his predecessor.

  5. July 15, 2019

    Energy Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2019

    Climate change will dominate the energy-related court cases attorneys will watch in the second half of 2019, while fights over FERC's bankruptcy authority and state-level disputes over energy partnerships and oil and gas rights will draw plenty of eyeballs. Here are seven cases that energy attorneys will be watching in the second half of the year.

  6. June 04, 2019

    Standing In Kids Climate Case No Sure Bet, 9th Circ. Says

    A group of children who say the federal government's failure to act to curb climate change is endangering their futures would have to "break new ground" to establish their standing to challenge federal policies, a Ninth Circuit judge said during oral arguments Tuesday.

  7. May 31, 2019

    Kids' Groundbreaking Case Could Alter Climate Suits' Odds

    Environmentalists' most ambitious climate change lawsuit will take center stage at the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday, as a panel of judges hears arguments about whether claims that the federal government's policies have endangered children's futures should go to trial — a decision that could have profound implications for similar lawsuits.

  8. March 11, 2019

    Kids' Climate Suit Should End Now, Feds Tell 9th Circ.

    The federal government told the Ninth Circuit that the group of young people suing the government over its climate change policies should have their litigation thrown out, arguing the plaintiffs were not able to show that any of the harm they allege is specific to them.

  9. March 01, 2019

    Kids Score Support In 9th Circ. Climate Change Case Appeal

    Support for young people challenging the federal government's climate change policies came from all sides Friday, with public health experts and a libertarian think tank chiming in Friday to urge the Ninth Circuit to let the litigation run its course in Oregon federal court.

  10. February 25, 2019

    Kids Urge 9th Circ. To Greenlight Climate Trial

    Young people suing the federal government over its climate change policies have urged the Ninth Circuit to allow their lawsuit to proceed to trial in Oregon, arguing that the issues should be fully litigated at the district court level before the appeals court weighs in.