Honolulu is suing major fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, and Chevron, over climate change impacts.

Ava Lazar made her first climate documentary at age 11. "When I was little, my older sister was very concerned about climate change, and I didn't really know what it was,” said Lazar.

The decision could have far-reaching consequences — including for oil companies, which may be exposed to a flood of new ...

International negotiations have delivered mixed results in tackling climate change, so some people are turning to another tool in search of faster progress: litigation. Around the world, many of the ...

The Climate Judiciary Project claims to provide judges with objective information on climate science. Critics say ...

Some 2,180 climate-related lawsuits have been filed across 65 jurisdictions over the past five years, according to the report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and New York's Columbia ...

A climate-change lawsuit brought by the nonprofit Urgenda Foundation and hundreds of Dutch citizens ended in victory for the plaintiffs in 2019. The courts ordered the Dutch government to set more ...

Oregon officials have added the state’s largest natural gas utility as a defendant in their $50 billion lawsuit against fossil fuel companies over their contribution to climate change. The suit ...

Some of the lawsuits seek to force oil companies to help pay for the damages caused by climate change. Others aim to impose penalties for the use of deceptive business practices.

As climate change accelerates, Ohio’s cities and counties are bracing for a wide range of costly impacts. They span nearly ...

Legal action on climate change has become a global phenomenon, with lawsuits launched against governments and corporate interests in 28 countries so far, according to new research published Thursday.