MA along w/ CA, CT & NY is leading a multi-state coalition challenging the Trump EPA's biggest climate action rollback - the repeal of the GHG endangerment finding "The Trump EPA has ignored the law and ignored the science" says CT AG William Tong www.climateinthecourts.com/dozens-of-us...

ICYMI, legislation is advancing in multiple GOP-led states & Congress that would shield the fossil fuel industry from any liability for climate damages - even as these damages & costs mount & the industry is now seeing windfall profits 💰 🛢️ insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202...

A court in Tournai, Belgium 🇧🇪 decided today that it can handle a landmark climate case brought by a farmer against TotalEnergies "The justice system has a role to play in holding those responsible for this crisis to account" said plaintiff Hugues Falys www.climateinthecourts.com/belgian-farm...

In the US we are losing our democracy - seeing democratic backsliding and shift towards autocracy - at an unprecedented rate In other countries, it took years to "accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year" www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

South Fork -the first fully operational, commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US - has been supplying clean power to grid since 2024. In Nov I joined a boat tour to see it up close “[The turbines] look to me like a livable planet" said @roselund.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2026-...

In New England, two commercial-scale offshore wind farms reached important milestones on Friday at a time when the conflict in Iran is upending global energy markets and exposing once again the painful costs of fossil fuel dependency More here #offshorewind www.oneearthnow.org/p/us-offshor...

ICYMI, @coveringclimatenow.org asks "why are much of the world’s media backsliding when it comes to the coverage of climate change?" There may be some explanations, but there are no excuses. Climate coverage is not an "afterthought" or "luxury" - it is vital coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...

The 704 MW Revolution Wind has started to deliver power to the grid for the first time Also late on Fri, workers completed the finishing touches on construction of Vineyard Wind - an 806 MW project As the UN SG says, there are "no embargoes on the wind" www.oneearthnow.org/p/us-offshor...

BFD: Revolution Wind is delivering power! If Rev Wind has the same capacity factor as South Fork Wind did in its first year (46.5%), it will generate 2.74 TWh of electricity annually, equivalent to 34% of power use in the state of #RhodeIsland! /1 #offshorewind revolution-wind.com/news/2026/03...

Republican lawmakers in multiple states & Congress are advancing proposals to shield polluters from climate accountability & prevent any type of liability for climate change harms At the state level, liability shield bills are moving in OK, UT, IA, LA & TN 👀 insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202...

Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds

it took just over a year to get from "I'll lower costs on day one" to "I'm raising prices and it's good, actually"

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Youth fighting a fossil fuel mega-project in AK & challenging EPA's regulatory 'discounting' practice came before appellate courts this week urging that their cases be revived More on the hearings here #climatelitigation @youthvgov.bsky.social www.climateinthecourts.com/courts-in-al...

The Trump admin is trying to sabotage global climate action & at the same time dismantling all federal climate policies State & local climate accountability efforts become even more important, then. But Trump & his GOP allies are also trying to stop these actions www.oneearthnow.org/p/trump-and-...

Breaking: A North Dakota judge finalized the $345 million verdict against Greenpeace in lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer over DAPL protests www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/c...

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a major climate case against fossil fuel companies Alito has not recused himself, despite owning nearly $200,000 in fossil fuel stocks—including in Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips, which are being sued in cases that would be directly affected by a SCOTUS ruling

More on this news here #SCOTUS could be positioning itself to shield the fossil fuel industry from all climate-related liability claims - a move that could have sweeping impacts at a time when the federal government is dismantling climate protections www.climateinthecourts.com/supreme-cour...

The court's decision comes amidst escalating efforts by Big Oil & its political allies to shut down climate liability initiatives #SCOTUS declined a near-identical request from #BigOil last yr This time the industry had even more backing from GOP allies www.climateinthecourts.com/supreme-cour...

New: The Supreme Court takes up a MAJOR climate case that asks whether federal law preempts (that is, forbids) state-level claims against fossil fuel companies for damages related to climate change. Climate advocates urged SCOTUS not to take this up... www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

BREAKING: #SCOUTS is taking up Big Oil's petition to intervene in a climate deception lawsuit filed by Boulder, CO - a move that could stymie dozens of other pending climate cases against the industry if the court rules in Exxon's favor

In repealing the GHG endangerment finding, the Trump admin is trying to cripple US climate action But it goes beyond that They are also attempting to undermine international efforts to address this global threat www.oneearthnow.org/p/trump-is-t...

UPDATE: The court will deliver its decision on June 25, 2026, the judges announced at the end of the trial 🧑‍⚖️ 📅 "We are hopeful that the judges will compel Total to do its part...The company's climate impunity has gone on for too long" said @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social's Justine Ripoll

Trump is not just attacking climate policies here at home & sidelining the US from international climate diplomacy He & his administration are also actively trying to prevent other countries from adopting measures to respond to the climate crisis www.oneearthnow.org/p/trump-is-t...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The US has become a climate bully. The sabotage of the IMO shipping levy is the most dramatic example. The pressure on Vanuatu to stop its legal efforts is the most recent. My new piece for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/18/t...

And RAGA is at it again. After successfully getting a federal agency to remove the climate science chapter from a reference manual for judges, now they're demanding the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine take it off their website.

This week in #ClimateBeat: In the US, the very notion of public service journalism is under assault, at precisely the moment that it’s most needed. And climate journalism is a case in point. buff.ly/cM1IlKH

French oil major TotalEnergies is on trial this week in the city where the Paris Agreement was created Judges are examining, for the first time in 🇫🇷 history, whether a big oil company can be legally required to curb its production in line w/ climate objectives insideclimatenews.org/news/1902202...

On Tuesday, climate activists rallied at 10 stadiums across the U.S., from Los Angeles to St. Louis to Philadelphia. It was the first national day of protest against fossil fuel sponsorships in American sports. I doubt it will be the last. My story: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-pr...

🚨🔥 NEW: Increasing mortality from wildfire smoke is directly traceable to greenhouse gas emissions. In our new paper in @pnas.org , we show that every megaton of CO2 emitted costs the US more than 10 million dollars in health costs from wildfire smoke. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Groups incl. the Sierra Club, @apha.org & others have now sued the EPA over its repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding for GHGs Separately, 18 children represented by @youthvgov.bsky.social & @publicjustice.bsky.social brought a constitutional challenge www.climateinthecourts.com/environment-...

Last night #Colbert was censored by his own network. Kimmel was pulled off the air last year. The same thing happened to me in 2022… I just didn't have a late night show. I was a meteorologist who got recruited to cover climate science, then told to stop saying " #climagechange.” #censorship

Michigan argues in a new lawsuit that big oil companies and their chief trade association operated as a cartel, the latest in a string of climate-accountability cases.

BREAKING: The federal court has dismissed a greenwashing case against Australian oil producer Santos, with the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility ordered to pay the company's legal costs. The reasons for this are unknown, with publication of the decision deferred to 23 February.

Big Oil's primary legal defense is that climate claims are preempted since the CAA authorizes EPA to regulate GHG emissions. That defense could now crumble Sens. Schumer & Whitehouse said states "should take up the mantle and hold Big Oil accountable" www.sierraclub.org/sierra/envir...

Michigan has joined nearly a dozen other states in suing #BigOil, but takes a different approach - accusing the companies of driving up energy costs by colluding to suppress competition from cleaner & cheaper alternatives A deeper dive look at this new case insideclimatenews.org/news/1502202...

EPA has finalized its repeal of the endangerment finding. Up next - court challenges @sierraclub.org & its NGO partners plan to sue. Some public health orgs do too MA & other Dem-led states say they will challenge this @youthvgov.bsky.social will petition too www.sierraclub.org/sierra/envir...

South Fork Wind had a capacity factor of 52% last month - on par w/ NY state's most efficient gas plants And Vineyard Wind had a 75% capacity factor during Winter Storm Fern The data doesn't lie. #OffshoreWind works - especially during cold winter months www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

Great rundown from @juliakane.bsky.social & @joshvoorhees.bsky.social on how Trump EPA's move to axe the endangerment finding could backfire on #BigOil - by opening them up to greater liability risk And now Big Oil's friends in Congress are crafting a liability shield heated.world/p/trump-is-w...

On the eve of EPA eliminating its GHG endangerment finding, top scientists warn that the world is getting closer to a "hothouse Earth" point of no return and that an urgent course correction is needed www.oneearthnow.org/p/as-scienti...

Classic Green Day American Idiot seems especially appropriate for this moment. But no lyric swap out this time #GreenDay #SuperBowlLX

"Renewable energy is central to the fight against climate change, and this suit alleges that the companies have stood squarely in the way. Michigan has opened up a whole new battleground in the climate fight" said climate law expert @michaelgerrard.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/michi...

In December the Trump admin issued stop work orders on 5 offshore wind farms that were all over 40% completed Courts have now allowed all 5 to continue construction www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

"MI's lawsuit makes a compelling case - if Big Oil had not colluded to suppress competition, renewables would have begun scaling far earlier than they ultimately did" - @aaronregunberg.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2056...

As Trump continues to try to shut down wind energy here at home while maligning it on the world stage, Europe is embracing it as a key instrument for not only decarbonization, but energy security at a time of rising geopolitical instability www.oneearthnow.org/p/european-c...

Update: A federal district court ruled today that this secretive "Climate Working Group" violated federal law Yet another loss in court for this lawless administration

The court found that the government’s insufficient climate action violates the European Convention on Human Rights, & ordered it to swiftly set binding economy-wide emissions reduction targets & develop a detailed climate resiliency plan for Bonaire www.climateinthecourts.com/court-rules-...

BREAKING: The Hague District Court 🇳🇱 rules that the Dutch government's climate mitigation measures are insufficient & that it has failed to adequately protect residents of Bonaire (an overseas Dutch territory) from climate impacts, violating European #humanrights law Big #climatelitigation win