Status: Motion to stay proceedings filed by defendants. [ 05/25/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by the City of Annapolis against fossil fuel companies seeking damages and other relief based on the companies' alleged concealment of information about their products' contribution to climate change.
Status: Oral argument on the merits of appeals in Delaware and City of Hoboken cases scheduled for June 21, 2022. [ 06/03/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for the physical, environmental, social, and economic consequences of climate change in Delaware.
Status: Oral argument on the merits of appeals in Delaware and City of Hoboken cases scheduled for June 21, 2022. [ 06/03/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to recover climate change-related damages allegedly resulting from the defendant energy companies' production of fossil fuels and concealment of fossil fuels’ harms.
Status: Motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction denied. [ 03/31/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for alleged conduct that the City and County of Honolulu contends actually and proximately caused climate change impacts.
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages from utility and owner of former rocket engine test and nuclear research facility in connection with destruction of homes and other property by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu.
Description: Action by a commercial fishing industry trade group to hold fossil fuel companies liable for adverse climate change impacts to the ocean off the coasts of California and Oregonthat resulted in "prolonged closures" of Dungeness crab fisheries.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted. [ 03/28/2008 ]
Description: Action seeking order prohibiting the Bay Area Air Quality Management District from issuing permits for two proposed natural gas-fired power plants and compelling EPA to determine whether carbon dioxide endangers public health or welfare.
Description: State of Rhode Island lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for causing climate change impacts that adversely affect Rhode Island and jeopardize State-owned or -operated facilities, real property, and other assets.
Status: Notice of voluntary dismissal filed by King County. [ 09/28/2021 ]
Description: Public nuisance and trespass action brought by King County in Washington State against fossil fuel companies seeking funding of climate change adaptation program.