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“Shanmugam warned that if Boulder's lawsuit is allowed to go forward, 90,000 municipalities could file similar challenges and "have the ability to make national and international energy policy by asking juries to impose catastrophic damages on selected…”

“Roberts expressed concern about allowing the lawsuit to proceed, asking what would prevent other cities and states from emulating Boulder’s lawsuit and piling up challenges against these companies over global climate change without any limits.”

“Climate lawfare: Suncor Energy v.”

“…ntal Protection Agency announced Monday that it will roll back emissions limits on coal- and gas-fired power plants — one of the Trump administration’s most significant moves yet to undo the climate policies enacted under Presidents Joe Biden and Barack…”

““Some of these coal-fired power plants are some of the biggest carbon polluters in the U.S. if not the world,” said Ethan Elkind, director of the UC Berkeley School of Law’s climate program.”

“Maggie Coulter, an attorney at the Centre for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, said the move would have serious consequences.”

“In short: A landmark ruling in the High Court has found planning authorities in New South Wales are required to consider global climate change impacts when approving local fossil fuel projects.”

“Climate change minister Chris Bowen, in Fiji where he is chairing climate negotiations, said: “The law of the land is law of the land, as interpreted by the high court, and we respect that.”

“Kevin Castel ruled that the law, which sought to hold fossil fuel companies financially responsible for climate change-related damages, overstepped the state’s authority because it was preempted by the national Clean Air Act and interfered with the federal…”

“Judicial rulings against New York’s bogus Climate Superfund law marks yet another well-deserved blow to politicians’ global-warming posturing.”

“The sale brought in $21,490,750, and Gilmour donated the proceeds to ClientEarth, an environmental law charity working to tackle climate change and protect nature.”

“But Premier Chris Minns is continuing to stare down calls from One Nation and the Coalition to pass new laws that would bar planning authorities from considering the climate impact of Australian coal burned abroad.”

“The Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness said in a statement that “recovery looks different for each community and is led by local governments and First Nations with support from the province, federal partners, non-government organizations,…”

“This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.”

“The decision, which exasperated even the state’s deep-blue leadership, shows how California’s regulatory process is undermining our ability to meet the most obvious challenges in front of us.”

“There are two police cars, as required by law when moving a load of this size in NSW.”

“- Published The Prince of Wales has warned that the world needs to move faster to solve the biggest climate challenges.”

“In their lawsuit, the city and county say the financial damage caused by climate change is immense.”