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A Year After the Shell Ruling: Big Victories and Next Steps for Climate Litigation

Union of Concerned Scientists

The ruling was a landmark for climate litigation, demonstrating the potential power of the courts to help ensure a just climate future. In the year since, there have been even more important advances in climate litigation seeking to hold companies and governments accountable for climate harms. N ovel Approaches to Climate Litigation.

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New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Union of Concerned Scientists

Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities. The data These data represent the cumulative carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the largest industrial carbon producers. For fossil fuel companies, this includes product-specific emissions from combustion of coal, oil, and methane gas.

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California is Suing Big Oil Thanks to Journalism

Legal Planet

By “party” I mean the increasingly ambitious climate liability litigation against Big Oil. It’s true that few outside of the oil industry knew the grand scale of things until 8 or 9 years ago. If not for this investigative work, California’s governor and attorney general could not pursue such a sweeping case. That was then.

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

The evidence builds on revelations from the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s investigation during the last Congress into Big Oil’s climate disinformation. G is for Greenwashing Major oil and gas corporations practice greenwashing by making misleading or outright false claims about their environmental performance.

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30 Environmental Practice Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. and LATAM 2023 Guides

E2 Law Blog

and Latin America offices from the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2023 Guide and The Legal 500 Latin America 2023 Guide. Bell Industry Focus > Environment Litigation Industry Focus > Environment Regulatory Houston Thomas R.

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GT’s Environmental Practice Recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2022 Guide

E2 Law Blog

offices from the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2022 Guide. Eid as a “Leading Lawyer” for Industry Focus > Native American Law. Eid as a “Leading Lawyer” for Industry Focus > Native American Law. Industry Focus > Native American Law.

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Trial Attorney and Former Prosecutor Valarie Hays Joins Arnold & Porter’s White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice

Arnold Porter

CHICAGO, July 26, 2021 — Arnold & Porter announced today that Valarie Hays , a former federal prosecutor, has joined the firm’s White Collar Defense & Investigations practice as a partner. Resident in Chicago, she will lead that office’s White Collar Defense & Investigations practice.