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New ‘Climate Superfund’ Laws Face Widening Legal Challenges
Vermont made history last year when it enacted the country’s first climate superfund law. It’s designed to let the state recover money from...
Chevron Must Pay $745 Million for Coastal Damages, Louisiana Jury Rules
A jury in Louisiana has ruled that Chevron must pay a parish government about $745 million to help restore wetlands that the jury...
E.P.A.’s Hunt for Shady Deals and ‘Gold Bars’ Turns Up Empty
Over the last few months, Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has made explosive accusations against the Biden administration, accusing it...
A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss
When the environmental group Greenpeace lost a nearly $670 million verdict this month over its role in oil pipeline protests, a quarter-billion dollars...
She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target.
Fresh out of law school in 2022, Rachel Rothschild wrote a memo laying out the legal justification for a new strategy to fight...
