If two or more Republican attorneys general sign onto something, RAGA is in the background coordinating; journalists need to be clear about that so the public can understand what it means.
Litigation and Law
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PHMSA Report on Dakota Access Pipeline Spills Since 2017
Report from the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on the number of spills from Energy Transfer’s Dakota Access Pipeline since it was put into service in 2017.
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Podcast: The Massive Climate Case that Shell Both Won and Lost, and What It Means for the Future of Global Climate Litigation
Although the Dutch court walked back the specific amount by which Shell needs to reduce its global emissions, it reaffirmed the judgement that the company is legally required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate-vulnerable Nations Look to World’s Top Court as COP29 Ends in Bitter Truce
Disappointed in the outcome of COP29, nations on the frontlines of the climate crisis will get their day in court this December.
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s 2024 Legal Complaint Against the U.S. Army Corps
The 2024 complaint the Standing Rock Sioux filed against the Army Corps of Engineers for “failing to regulate, permit, and remove theDakota Access Pipeline (“DAPL”) operated by Energy Transfer LP, as required by law.”
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New Research Shows Clean Air Act Always Applied to Carbon Emissions
Much of the strategy to block both the EPA and the courts from limiting greenhouse gas emissions hinges on the assumption that at the time of the Clean Air Act’s passage, no one knew enough about climate change to be concerned about greenhouse gases. New research from Harvard University reveals new evidence that emphatically contradicts that assumption.
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Could Climate-Related Homicide Charges Be a Path to Accountability the Supreme Court Can’t Block?
Nonprofit Public Citizen has been working with prosecutors to explore the feasibility of using a different sort of law to hold oil companies liable for climate delay: criminal law.
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“A Real First”: Following Devastating Floods, Vermont Passes Landmark Law Targeting Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Costs
“If you make a mess, you clean it up.”
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Standing Rock Documents
Documents detailing the surveillance of Standing Rock activists, obtained by public information requests from reporter Alleen Brown, and analyzed with additional support from the Center for Media and Democracy.
