Iowa climate liability shield bill has been signed into law That's now 4 states that have enacted laws to immunize polluters - double the number of states that have enacted polluter pays climate superfund laws

Last month Republicans dropped a new bill in Congress that would permanently shield the fossil fuel industry from accountability for its role in driving the climate crisis (and lying about it). Read what Democratic lawmakers are saying about it www.oneearthnow.org/p/republican...

DOJ's suit v. MN is "frivolous" & should be promptly dismissed, said climate law expert Pat Parenteau The claim that MN is interfering w/ Trump admin's 'exclusive authority' to regulate emissions is laughable, he said. "But it would make a good SNL skit." www.climateinthecourts.com/trump-justic...

New study finds that rising global temperatures & continued deforestation risk bringing the Amazon rainforest closer to an irreversible 'tipping point' - a point of no return, w/ much of it shifting to a dry savanna state

Republicans Rep. Harriet Hageman & Sen. Ted Cruz recently introduced legislation that would grant sweeping legal immunity to the fossil fuel industry More on their proposal here - and what Dems in Congress are saying in response www.sierraclub.org/sierra/clima...

The ongoing war has created a fossil fuel supply crunch that is driving up prices on everything from gasoline & jet fuel to food & fossil fertilizers But as analysts at @ember-energy.org explained, there are now "scalable, cost-competitive alternatives" www.sierraclub.org/sierra/us-is...

NEW: On April 28, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused environmental law scholars of bias, conspiracy and colluding to influence the U.S. judiciary. The next day, free-market conservatives kicked off a multiday climate skepticism event for more than 150 judges.

In addition to leading to the death of thousands, the president's war in Iran is leading to an affordability crisis. Oil and gas prices are spiking to levels reminiscent of the oil shocks during the 1970s. The difference this time is that renewables are cheaper and more promising than ever.

The traditional journalism industry is crumbling & climate news coverage 📉 at precisely the time when the triple planetary crisis is rapidly worsening Supporting (& funding!) independent climate journalism is more important than ever @coveringclimatenow.org www.oneearthnow.org/p/the-planet...

Iowa climate liability shield bill has been signed into law That's now 4 states that have enacted laws to immunize polluters - double the number of states that have enacted polluter pays climate superfund laws

The Bridger Pipeline “is just the Keystone XL pipeline renamed and rebranded" said @honortheearth.bsky.social's Krystal Two Bulls

250+ legal experts worldwide: Phasing out fossil fuels is not a political choice—it’s a legal obligation. As leaders gather in SantaMarta, a new open letter calls on governments to act—ending expansion, subsidies, and delay. 👉 Read: bit.ly/41UFypF

Milieudefensie - the group that won a landmark verdict in 2021 ordering Shell to slash its CO2 emissions 45% by 2030 - has filed a new climate lawsuit against the oil major demanding it stop expanding oil & gas production www.climateinthecourts.com/climate-camp...

Nearly 60 countries are meeting in Santa Marta, Colombia 🇨🇴 to begin to lay the groundwork for charting a course away from fossil fuels Experts say the Iran war shows the transition is a "security imperative." And legal scholars say it is also a legal obligation www.oneearthnow.org/p/a-historic...

IEA head: "There will be a significant boost to renewables & nuclear power & a further shift towards a more electrified future. And this will cut into the main markets for oil." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lawmakers who have taken 9.5 million in donations from Big Oil now have a bill to shield the industry from climate laws & lawsuits nationwide. Here's what the bill could do, including preventing states from regulating emissions at all. with @levernews.com www.exxonknews.org/p/this-new-b...

Bills immunizing the fossil fuel industry from liability are also being signed into law at the state level Utah, Tennessee, & Oklahoma have now enacted laws to shield polluters from climate accountability. Iowa will be next 👀

Reposting this story I did last month now that Republicans have introduced their bills in Congress "We rejected these efforts in 2020 & will continue to defeat them if they are proposed in the future" a spox for House Judiciary Dems & Rep. Raskin told me insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202...

Ted Cruz is the #1 lifetime recipient of fossil fuel money in the entire U.S. senate, receiving over $1 million from the oil and gas industry in the 2024 cycle alone Now he's proposed a bill to give the fossil fuel industry lifetime legal immunity from climate lawsuits

UT & TN have passed laws prohibiting climate liability, & Iowa is poised to become the next state to immunize polluters. Similar bills are moving in OK & LA Now a federal immunity bill, the "Stop Climate Shakedowns Act", has emerged from Republicans in Congress www.oneearthnow.org/p/will-pollu...

Last month UT became the first state to enact a law prohibiting liability for GHG emissions & climate damages As one UT enviro advocate told me, "The house is quite literally on fire, & we just extended immunity to the arsonists" www.sierraclub.org/sierra/while...

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought - Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas #AMOC #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Young plaintiffs w/ @youthvgov.bsky.social went to court Monday in a bid to revive their case against President Trump over his executive orders to 'unleash' American energy www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/c...

In a first for the U.S. grid, renewables generated more power than gas across a whole month.

The 9th Circuit tossed out a youth constitutional climate suit alleging that EPA's "discounting" policy (used in regulatory analyses) is discriminatory It comes as another youth climate case v. Trump is set to come before this same appeals court on Mon www.climateinthecourts.com/federal-appe...

Smallholder farmers whose livelihoods are deeply tied to the environment are on the frontlines of the climate emergency. Now, some farmers are looking to the law in the hopes that it can be leveraged to make major carbon polluters pay for climate damages www.oneearthnow.org/p/farmers-vs...

VT's "climate superfund" law to make #BigOil pay is facing its first real test - last week, a federal court heard arguments in legal challenges brought by the Trump admin, 24 GOP-led states & industry groups More in my collab w/ @eisenwrites.bsky.social here insideclimatenews.org/news/0504202...

Excellent, important reporting illuminating the origins & coordinated nature of state legislation aiming to shield the fossil fuel industry from liability for climate damages

Smallholder farmers whose livelihoods are deeply tied to the environment are on the frontlines of the climate emergency. Now, some farmers are looking to the law in the hopes that it can be leveraged to make major carbon polluters pay for climate damages www.oneearthnow.org/p/farmers-vs...

The burdens of nature loss are not distributed equally. Communities of color are 3 times more likely to live in nature-deprived areas, according to a report from @americanprogress.bsky.social And this 'nature gap' is at risk of widening under the Trump admin www.sierraclub.org/sierra/affor...

Two years ago VT passed a groundbreaking law that would, for the first time, hold #BigOil financially accountable for damaging & costly climate impacts Industry groups, 24 red states & Trump's DOJ sued over the law. Next week, a court will hear their challenge www.oneearthnow.org/p/vermonts-l...

The ruling is a major setback for attempts by state & local governments to hold Big Oil liable for climate harms & alleged deception But one justice on the court issued a blistering dissent, saying the majority "did not decide the case plaintiffs brought" www.climateinthecourts.com/marylands-to...

Two years ago VT passed a groundbreaking law that would, for the first time, hold #BigOil financially accountable for damaging & costly climate impacts Industry groups, 24 red states & Trump's DOJ sued over the law. Next week, a court will hear their challenge www.oneearthnow.org/p/vermonts-l...

Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind - the largest offshore wind farm in the US - delivered its first power to the grid on Monday #offshorewind www.eenews.net/articles/off...

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-...