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Pennsylvania State Court Dismisses Climate Tort Litigation Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies

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A local state court in Pennsylvania recently dismissed an array of climate tort claims brought against major fossil fuel companies by a local government--in this case, Bucks County. Among the three dozen or so climate tort...more

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An Update on Climate Superfund Laws and Climate Change Lawsuits

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In recent years, states and municipalities have attempted to hold fossil fuel companies liable for their alleged impacts on climate change. Numerous states and municipalities have sued fossil fuel companies, alleging that...more

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Trump Administration Sues Four States to Block Climate Superfund Legislation and Climate Deception Litigation

As we have noted previously, a number of states have enacted legislation and/or brought claims against fossil fuel producers seeking payment for damages resulting from climate change. Legislative efforts include New York...more

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Trump Administration Sues New York and Vermont Over Climate Superfund Legislation

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On May 1, 2025, the federal government brought separate suits against both New York and Vermont alleging that these state’s “climate Superfund” statutes are unconstitutional on multiple grounds. In two nearly identical...more

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Up in the Air: Challenges to California's Clean Air Act Preemption Waiver

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When it comes to regulating motor vehicle emissions, California has long been different. California was the first state in the nation to enact tailpipe emission standards and as result of its "pioneering" efforts in the...more

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The Battle Over Climate Superfund Laws: Legal Challenges in Vermont and New York

States are increasingly turning to “Climate Superfund” laws as a potential mechanism to offset the growing costs of climate-related disaster recovery and the construction of more climate change-resilient infrastructure. These...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Climate Litigation Against the US Is Dead. How Long Will State Climate Damage Cases Survive?

On Monday morning, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Juliana v. United States. The cert. denial leaves in place the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that ordered the case dismissed for lack of standing. At least for...more

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Client Alert: New York Ushers in New Era of Climate Liability and Litigation with the Climate Change Superfund Act

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On February 6, 2025, twenty-two states and four energy industry organizations and businesses filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s “climate superfund” law. This law, signed on December 26, 2024 by New York Governor Kathy...more

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SCOTUS Declines to Review California’s Clean Air Act Preemption Waiver—Current Implications and Expected Response from the...

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Update and Background - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA, et al, recently declined to review whether the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) exceeded its authority by granting a...more

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Baltimore's Climate Change Lawsuit Dismissed

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In City of Baltimore v. BP, et al., court holds that nuisance and tort claims are preempted by federal law and beyond the limits of state law....more

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Federal Preemption as a Vehicle to Supreme Court Review of Climate Change Cases

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On February 20, 2024, the City of Chicago sued defendant fossil fuel companies in Illinois state court, asserting state law claims, including nuisance, violations of consumer protection laws, and products liability. Chicago...more

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States and Industry Groups Challenge California's Regulation of Vehicular Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Ohio et al. v. EPA, No. 22-1081, currently being briefed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, presents significant issues about the scope of federal and state sovereignty, the resolution of which could have...more

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Appellate Courts Provide Guidance on Jurisdiction for Climate Change Lawsuits

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in February 2022 that federal jurisdiction did not exist over a case brought by a group of Colorado municipalities accusing several energy companies of climate...more

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Tenth Circuit Provides Guidance on Jurisdiction for Climate Change Lawsuits

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On Tuesday, February 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit laid down a ruling in a lawsuit brought by a group of Colorado municipalities accusing several energy companies of climate change-related harm. Alleging...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

State Law Climate Damage Cases (Still) Belong in State Court

In the first appellate decision to decide the issue since the Supreme Court decision in BP P.L.C. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, the 10th Circuit ruled this week that climate damage claims brought by several Colorado...more

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Second Circuit Climate Change Ruling Affirms Dismissal of State-law Claims

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In the past four years, state attorneys general or municipalities have brought 21 lawsuits based on state-law claims (e.g., nuisance, trespass, consumer fraud) seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for costs allegedly...more

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Nota Bene Episode 101: Catching up with Global Climate Regulation with Nico van Aelstyn

The Earth’s climate is changing. With unprecedented fires in California and the State’s litigation with the federal government, the Brazilian rainforest fires, and the aircraft industry’s inability to curb aircraft emissions,...more

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Challenges to Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Rule Keep Coming

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On June 26 and 29, 2020, the petitioners in Union of Concerned Scientists v. NHTSA, Case No. 19-1230 (D.C. Cir.), filed briefs with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, arguing against the first...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 27, July 2020

Big Oil repeatedly remanded to state courts - will SCOTUS come to the rescue? "Oil companies facing suits by state and local governments that want them to bear a share of the cost of responding to the consequences of...more

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EPA-California Legal Showdown Looms Over Authority to Regulate Carbon

Multi-state coalition’s lawsuit challenges Trump EPA withdrawal of California Clean Air Act waiver. EPA formally announced its decision to withdraw California’s 2013 Clean Air Act waiver, which allowed the state to set its...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Trump Administration Couldn't Spell Irony If You Spotted It the I, R, O, and N.

Yesterday, EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released the “Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program,” more succinctly known as the withdrawal of the...more

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Colorado Energy Companies Sued for Climate Change Impacts

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Last week, Boulder made good on its threat to file a lawsuit seeking potentially billions of dollars from energy producers based on the effects of climate change. The city and county of Boulder, along with San Miguel...more

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Extreme Weather Fuels Increasing Trend of New Climate Change Litigation

As federal efforts to roll back environmental regulations from the Obama era continue, environmental groups have been increasingly filing lawsuits against industry alleging damages related to climate change impacts, using the...more

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