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1 week ago |
landmark.earth | Clark Mindock
A Washington woman whose mother died during a 2021 heat wave in Seattle claims in a new lawsuit that Big Oil is responsible for her death, since the deadly weather is “directly linked” to the use and sale of their products. The lawsuit was filed against firms like Exxon, BP, Chevron and Shell in Washington state court — and represents what legal experts say is the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a climate disaster.
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1 week ago |
landmark.earth | Clark Mindock
A Peruvian farmer has lost his decade-long fight to hold a German energy company liable for climate damages — but the ruling may have strengthened the legal path for future climate lawsuits. German Judge Rolf Meyer, in Hamm, dismissed farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya’s case after determining the alleged harms from the energy company RWE’s emissions weren’t large enough to sustain the lawsuit.
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2 weeks ago |
landmark.earth | Clark Mindock
A defiant California has pledged to file a lawsuit after Republicans in the U.S. Senate broke with precedent and voted to nullify a waiver that allows the state to set stricter vehicle air emissions than the federal standard.
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3 weeks ago |
landmark.earth | Clark Mindock
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to weaken the first-ever federal restrictions for certain “forever chemicals” in drinking water, which were finalized by the Biden administration just last year.
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4 weeks ago |
landmark.earth | Clark Mindock
A California federal judge last night issued a temporary restraining order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and Donald Trump from further mass government workforce firings.
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