Focus on Courts
Native American tribes want US appeals court to weigh in on $10B SunZia energy transmission project
Native American tribes and environmentalists want a U.S. appeals court to weigh in on their request to halt construction along part of the...
Alberta to appeal ruling ordering release of documents on coal mining in Rockies
Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the western Canadian province's Rocky Mountains.
Continental hit with $107 million fine over Dieselgate scandal
Automotive supplier's Dieselgate fine based on breaching supervisory duties after investigation by German prosecutors.
Peguis First Nation in Canada sues governments over chronic flooding
Peguis First Nation has filed a statement of claim that alleges the Canadian and Manitoba governments have failed to protect the community from...
Tesla shareholder seeks to block Musk from litigating pay outside Delaware
A Tesla investor who successfully sued to void CEO Elon Musk's $56B pay package has asked a Delaware judge to prevent the EV...
Colombian court recognizes environmental refugees
A Colombian court has ruled that environmental calamities, sudden or gradual, can legally be considered a cause of forced displacement, placing obligations on...
German climate activists sentenced for spraying paint on Brandenburg Gate
The activists were supporters of the "Last Generation" climate activists group, which had made headlines in Germany with hundreds of road blocks by...
South Korean court hears climate case against government
Climate change court case brought by young environmentalists against South Korea for failing to protect them from climate change, weeks after EU court...
Italy’s Antitrust probes Enel’s communication of energy price rises
Italy's Antitrust authority is looking into how the country's biggest utility Enel had communicated recent material gas and power price increases to its...
