Late amendment limits bill shielding companies from climate lawsuits
A late amendment filed last week could limit proposed legislation that shields Louisiana companies from climate-related lawsuits, The Center Square reports.
House Bill 804, known...
Bill to bar certain lawsuits tied to greenhouse gas emissions heads to full Senate
Fossil fuel companies and other entities would be protected from climate-related liability claims under a bill headed to the full Senate this week, The...
Notable BP Gulf project faces lawsuit over spill risk
The Trump administration's approval of BP’s Kaskida offshore drilling project, the first BP development in the Gulf since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, is being...
Trump administration clean energy slowdown hits judicial roadblock
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Massachusetts blocked several Trump administration actions that would have slowed the development of clean energy, including a requirement...
SCOTUS rules that coastal damage lawsuits can move from state to federal courts
In a major win to oil and gas companies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits brought by parishes over coastal damage can be...
Lawsuits filed as industrial development projects ramp up in Ascension Parish
Three lawsuits filed Thursday seek transparency and protections for burial sites of enslaved people as the state moves forward with industrial development in Ascension...
Bill would limit climate suits against energy industry
A Louisiana lawmaker has advanced a bill that would shield oil and gas companies from lawsuits seeking compensation for the effects of climate change,...
Lawyers file more than a dozen oil field contamination lawsuits
Lawyers representing Louisiana landowners have filed more than a dozen new oil field contamination lawsuits ahead of a state law change expected to make...
SCOTUS case involving ExxonMobil could redefine climate risk for oil industry
The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on a high-stakes fight that could reshape climate litigation—and the financial exposure of the energy industry, Bloomberg writes.
The...
Judge rejects Trump’s national security claim, revives offshore wind project
A federal judge last week ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction, the fifth such...
