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Karen Zraick

New York

Climate Law Correspondent at The New York Times

Climate law correspondent @nytimes. Member @AMEJA. Into history and gardening.

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  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Karen Zraick

    The complaint argues that orders aimed at increasing American fossil fuel production infringe on the rights of young people to a healthy environment. Young people who sued state governments over climate change have begun a legal challenge aimed at President Trump's spate of executive orders on climate and the environment.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Karen Zraick

    The city is suing oil companies over global warming. Trump says lawsuits like these threaten national security. The judge wants to hear what both sides think. The city is suing oil companies over global warming. Trump says lawsuits like these threaten national security. The judge wants to hear what both sides think. Credit...

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Karen Zraick

    Luciano Lliuya, agricultor y guía turístico, alegaba que Huaraz, su ciudad en los Andes, corría el riesgo de desaparecer ante el deshielo de los glaciares ocasionado por las emisiones de una empresa energética alemana. El miércoles, un tribunal alemán desestimó una demanda sobre calentamiento global presentada hace casi una década por un campesino peruano contra una empresa energética de Alemania.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Karen Zraick

    The judges ruled that German civil law could be used to hold companies accountable for the worldwide effects of their emissions. A German court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit over global warming filed nearly a decade ago by a Peruvian farmer against a German energy company, but supporters of the long-shot bid said the decision had opened a critical avenue for future climate lawsuits.

  • 3 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Karen Zraick

    Over the past decade, some three dozen states and local governments have sued the biggest oil companies in the world, arguing that the industry hid what it knew about the dangers of global warming. The suits are considered a major threat to fossil fuel companies, potentially on the scale of the tobacco industry settlement a quarter-century ago that held cigarette makers financially responsible for the health consequences of smoking for generations of people.

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Karen Zraick
Karen Zraick @karenzraick
10 May 25

15 states sued the Trump admin over his declaration of an energy emergency, saying there is no emergency and it's being used to bypass reviews of fossil fuel projects https://t.co/6FDAJKk8va

Karen Zraick
Karen Zraick @karenzraick
8 May 25

New in @nytimes: 16 states are suing the Trump administration, charging it's unlawfully withholding billions allocated by Congress for electric-vehicle charging stations across the U.S. https://t.co/DGqq2KhU3F

Karen Zraick
Karen Zraick @karenzraick
1 May 25

Hawaii announced it would file a climate lawsuit. Then the DOJ sued to block it. https://t.co/aLZlRefN31