745 #ClimateLegal #GreenpeaceTrial #DakotePipeline

I DO have some reservations on the US Jury-Based legal system.
What if they are not your peers ? In a climate [ #BigOil ] case the group affected is hardly ever represented. The locals that are are almost inevitably dependent on the large companies on trial.
And who is the defendant really ? Tribes ? Nature ? Earth ?
Make #Ecoside a real crime against humanity, I'd say.

"North Dakota jury says Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests" [2:21 min]
by Guardian News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGc-rDjQbAI

Quote by GN:
"Mar 20, 2025
The verdict in North Dakota state court came after two days of deliberations in a trial where company Energy Transfer accused Greenpeace of defamation and orchestrating criminal behaviour to disrupt the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline."

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature

661 #ClimateLegal 🎉 🎉 😍 #GreenpeaceNl #Nitrogen [0/3]

Huge and clear win
for Greenpeace Nl against the state of the Netherlands.
The Dutch gov LOST.
The verdict is immediate: that means the gov has to start immediately
NOT pending an [sure] appeal

More details later. [ ± 1 hour ]

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662 #ClimateLegal #Greenpeace #Nitrogen [3//3]
Sorry, no more 'toots' today., besides this series. 'Dancing in the streets' [livingroom] has worn me out. And I don't want to rush things.

Politics, inaction and consequnces.
Of course [??] the government will appeal. But the verdict is strong. The SHELL verdict was lost because it was argues that the accused party was a private company which, by it self, could not be held totally accountable for the #ClimateEmergency. In this Greenpeace case the [new] government [and only they] can be held accountable for the clear policy change made. And the government before this one is also being held accountable for doing too little or nothing.
In fact, that policy change is about the only thing they accomplished in nearly a year of being 'at the helm'.
The new gov. is a coalition [traditional for Dutch politics] between 4 parties: the VVD a party consisting of and for entrepeneurs; the NSC a completely new party campaigning on government transparancy and constitutional accountability; the BBB a party originated from the near violent farmers protests, claiming that the ClimateEmergency is not serious and, last but not least, the PVV a party that won the elections by a unprecedented landslide on muslimofobia and migrants.
You have to be Dutch to understand how these parties could come together to rule the country. It's my personal opinion that they can't and won't. The PVV that wants but can't blame this on migrants; the VVD who doesn't want to spend money unless it's on their own, the BBB that only has a political stand point in not-giving-in-an-inch to nature; and the NSC that wants to stand firm on the legal rightiousness.

In summery: for 4 terms and 10 years we had 'PM Rutte' [now the head of NATO] making a carreer of pushing things forward without actualy doing anything for the Climate. And when he was legally forced to make policy encountered huge farmers opposition. Some kabinet members held firm and when it got to hot Rutte pulled the plug on hiis own government. Making sure it was about migrants, of course.
After COVID the Climate was NOT the main issue. It was made to be the migrants means of existence. It was the general dissatisfaction on government that cuased the political landslide we have had to endure. Riding on the coatstails of Trump and populism in general.

Conclusion:
This verdict is a huge win for nature, the #ClimateEmergency and Greenpeace.
It is, a few hours later, unclear what will happen. All parties in government have all pleaded before [and committed themselves] to ophold the rule of law.
But the conflict within is so vaste that already speculations have been made that this gocernment is going to fall, on the topic of Nitrogen and ClimateInaction.
It was clear to me that whatever this coalition was going to fail on several topics: housing and climate. Yelling [screaming] at the sidelines is a lot easier than governing, being confronted by the scope of the problems.
Even in a year of government the haven't been able to dent their self invented problem of migrants. Lots of bold, firm and polarising statements but real ruling... NO

#StopDutchFascism
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
#CapitalismIsFailingYou

662 #ClimateLegal #Greenpeace #Nitrogen [2/3]
Sorry, no more 'toots' today, besides this series. 'Dancing in the streets' [livingroom] has worn me out. And I don't want to rush things.

Why is Nitrogen so bad ? And what has it to do with the #ClimateEmergency ?
Pollution is always bad. Economics above health. And that's the case here; the #AgroIndustry is put above the health of #Nature and humans.
Farmers, for the most part, are not a pop-and-mom enterprise anymore. For centuries farmers have been pushed to produce to an even greater scale by the banking industry and the fertiliser and processing industry. And I shouldn't forget the supermarket [groceries] that always had a strangle hold on farmers to increasingly produce for lower costs, meaning more cattle.
On the face of it Nitrogen is a fertiliser. But unbrideled and unlimited nitrogen is detremental for the nature reserves. It benefits one species at the cost of other more rare species. More nettles and less orchids [we do have those]. After years nature is being atrophied.
The climate comes in as a 'byproduct'. Methane is a gas more potent in destroying the atmosphere than CO2. Some estimation calculate that the burps of all those cows equals all the emissions of Dutch cars.

#StopDutchFascism
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
#CapitalismIsFailingYou

662 #ClimateLegal #Greenpeace #Nitrogen [1/3]
Sorry, no more 'toots' today, besides this series. 'Dancing in the streets' [livingroom] has worn me out. And I don't want to rush things.

To my non-Dutch readers I have to explain things.
Since 2018 Nitrogen has been a nightmare problem for the Dutch gov. In a legal verdict on the quality of nature [thanks to Johan Vollenbroek] the gov could no longer expand the Nitrgen deposition. It took the country in a lockdown. The former gov had to take some halfhearted measures but never succeeded for an inch. Huge consequences: houses [or any construction] couldn't be build and more.
A lot happened since, COVID came and the gov. fell shortly thereafter. Elections. And a new gov. came: combining a far right party with a very new farmers party. And they weren't going to do shit.
Cause it's all about shit.
Nitrogen is made by shit, cattle shit. And boy do we have cattle. The Netherlands cow-density is the largest in the world. [number of cows per square km] Most of the produce is exported. So most of the problem is caused by cattle farmers. OK flying and road traffic are also biggies.
The solution would be to have less cows.

#StopDutchFascism
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
#CapitalismIsFailingYou

648 #ClimateLegal #Montana #YouthActionWin

"‘We have been heard’: Montana youth score a major climate victory in court"
by Joseph Winters for Grist [Jan 3, 2025] [Audio available]

https://grist.org/regulation/held-v-montana-youth-climate-lawsuit-supreme-court-decision/

Quotes:
"In a 6-1 ruling, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.”

"Montana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the 16 youth who sued the state in a landmark climate change lawsuit have a constitutional right to “a clean and healthful environment. The 6-1 decision upheld a lower court ruling in Held v. Montana, in which the plaintiffs argued that the state violated that right, enshrined in the state constitution in 1972, by limiting analysis of greenhouse gas emissions during environmental review of fossil fuel projects.”

“Plaintiffs showed at trial — without dispute — that climate change is harming Montana’s environmental life support system now and with increasing severity for the foreseeable future,” [Chief Justice] McGrath wrote in a 48-page opinion handed down December 18."

"Lead plaintiff Rikki Held, the only plaintiff who was 18 when the suit was filed in 2020, hailed the court’s decision in a statement as “a victory not just for us, but for every young person whose future is threatened by climate change.”
“We have been heard,” she added.
The suit was brought by Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit public interest law firm based in Eugene, Oregon."

"The court said loud and clear: Montana’s Constitution does not grant the state a free pass to ignore climate change because others fail to act — this landmark decision underscores the state’s affirmative duty to lead by example.”

"Montana Governor Greg Gianforte denounced the ruling, arguing in a statement that it would lead to “perpetual lawsuits that will waste taxpayer dollars and drive up energy bills.”
[It is his JOB to prevent that ! But he's probably backed by #BigOil JdeB]

"Experts have said it could lay a foundation for, or bolster, similar lawsuits — especially in states that, like Montana, have a constitutional guarantee to a clean and healthful environment.
One of those states, Hawai’i, settled a youth climate lawsuit last June, requiring its transportation department to develop a “concrete and comprehensive statewide plan”

"“We will use the Montana case and the settlement agreement in Hawai’i as models for other states,” Phillip Gregory, an attorney with Our Children’s Trust, told the State Court Report in July."

"In New Mexico, whose constitution does not yet include a green amendment but still says it is “of fundamental importance” to protect the state’s “beautiful and healthful environment,”

"Some legal experts have argued that, while the Held decision is “noteworthy,” the unique circumstances of the case make it unlikely that a wave of similarly successful lawsuits will follow. It’s also unclear how far other court rulings based on a constitutional green amendment can go toward mitigating climate change beyond blocking an overtly anti-climate policy."

"On the other hand, it’s possible that other suits — including those not invoking constitutional rights — could cite the factual findings of Held v. Montana, like those establishing climate change’s unique effects on children."

"During a seven-day trial in June, 2023, the 16 youth plaintiffs argued that the state’s promotion of fossil fuel infrastructure had jeopardized their physical and mental health, traditions, and recreational interests."

"[Chief Justice] McGrath acknowledged these impacts in his decision: “Plaintiffs showed that climate change does impact the clear, unpolluted air of the Bob Marshall Wilderness; it does impact the availability of clear water and clear air in the Bull Mountains; and it does exacerbate the wildfire stench in Missoula, along with the rest of the state.”

"Justice Jim Rice offered the lone dissent, arguing that the plaintiffs lacked standing because the constitutional violations they cited were “theoretical” rather than “concrete” or “impending.”

"Montana Republicans and the state’s Republican-led justice department criticized the court for overstepping its powers, ruling in favor of “their ideologically aligned allies.”

"”It may prove more difficult in a state where the political leadership is disinclined toward climate action,” he said. Gerrard noted that several such cases have been filed in New York, the most recent state to adopt a green amendment, and that it’s “too early to tell” whether they’ll be impactful."

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature

587 #ClimateLegal #ICJ #TheHague

"Closely-watched international climate case in the Hague wraps up its first week of testimony"
by Molly Quell for AP [Dec 6, 2024]

https://apnews.com/article/climate-international-court-justice-a7449cb84e5bc555ddee909a1967719e

"THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A closely-watched international climate case that could yield guidance for governments../\..The case, though not binding, is expected to spell out what countries are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact."

"The push for the International Court of Justice to hear this case comes — like much of the call to address climate change — from island nations who are losing territory and fear they could disappear under rising seas. The U.N. General Assembly asked the court last year for an opinion on “the obligations of States in respect of climate change.”
link:
-> The worldwide catastrophe of rising seas especially imperils Pacific paradises, Guterres says <-
-> https://apnews.com/article/sea-level-rise-climate-change-pacific-united-nations-guterres-ed5d2c968432215038e41319b22fc1e8 <-

"“The stakes could not be higher. The survival of my people and so many others is on the line,” Arnold Kiel Loughman, attorney general of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, told The Hague-based court."

"Fifteen judges from around the world must now answer two questions: What are countries obliged to do under international law to protect the climate and environment from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions? And what are the legal consequences for governments when their acts, or lack of action, have significantly harmed the climate and environment? With 99 participating countries, it is the largest case in the court’s history."

"Countries including Vanuatu, Chile and the Philippines want countries like the United States, China and Russia to reduce their emissions and provide financial help..."

"“This is a crisis of survival. It is also a crisis of equity. Fiji contributes 0.004 percent of global emissions but our people bear the brunt of climate impacts. In climate-vulnerable nations, marginalized groups ⎯ women, children and the poor ⎯ are disproportionately affected,” Luke Daunivalu, Fiji’s ambassador to the United Nations, said."

"The South Pacific island nation spoke directly after the United States and Russia, both of whom are major petroleum-producing states and staunchly opposed to the court mandating emissions reductions."

"Instead, what the United States and other major greenhouse gas emitters want the court to do is defer to the landmark Paris Agreement, in which countries agreed to keep global warming to a 1.5 degree C (2.7 F) limit."

"“States designed this international legal framework to address the uniquely complex collective action problem posed by anthropogenic global warming, and it embodies the clearest, most specific and the most current expression of states’ consent to be bound by international law in respect of climate change,” Margaret Taylor said on behalf of the United States, referring to the Paris Agreement."

"The U.S. also pushed back on an idea ../\.. “A state cannot have international responsibility for acts that take place prior to the date on which its international legal obligation came into existence,” Taylor said."

"What small states like Vanuatu are hoping for does push the norms of international law..."

"Kjelld Kroon, a climate activist who is involved in a lawsuit against the Dutch state../\..“This is how a lot of powerful countries in the Global North extract from the Global South,” he told the AP."
"“If I look at history, I am skeptical,” Kroon said. “But if I look towards the future, I am a little bit positive.”

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown

478 #ClimateLegal #USpolitics #RoKhanna

"Exclusive: Khanna Proposes End to 'Unconscionable' Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil"
by Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/news/enhanced-oil-recovery

"The fossil fuel industry receives over $20.5 billion in taxpayer dollars every year while fleecing American consumers and driving a global climate crisis," said the California Democrat."

"As fossil fuel giants continue to rake in billions of dollars in profits, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna on Thursday is reintroducing legislation to end giving billions in taxpayer dollars to companies that inject captured carbon dioxide into wells to extract more climate-wrecking oil.
"The fossil fuel industry receives over $20.5 billion in taxpayer dollars every year while fleecing American consumers and driving a global climate crisis," Khanna (D-Calif.) told Common Dreams."

"While advocates of carbon capture utilization and storage claim that it's necessary to address the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency, most CO2 captured in the United States is used to extract more planet-heating oil and gas, leading many scientists and green groups to argue that it is a "false climate solution."

"Oil drilling is the real story behind the fossil fuel industry's carbon capture obsession," said Jim Walsh, policy director at Food & Water Watch, which has endorsed Khanna's bill.../\..."communities across the country are facing the potential for thousands of harmful industrial projects and tens of thousands of miles of dangerous pipelines that will do little more than put money in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry."

"It's unconscionable that American taxpayers are still subsidizing oil and gas companies to extract even more fossil fuels through so-called 'enhanced oil recovery,'" said Evergreen Action senior energy transition policy lead Mattea Mrkusic. "By eliminating these wasteful tax giveaways, Rep. Ro Khanna's bill takes a crucial step toward ending one of many federal fossil fuel handouts that drive climate pollution."

"It also comes less than six weeks away from the U.S. general election, in which Americans are set to determine the makeup of Congress and the next occupant of the Oval Office. While Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris has the support of nearly every major climate group, former Republican President Donald Trump, who has pledged to swiftly gut federal climate policies if Big Oil puts $1 billion toward his campaign, has been dubbed an existential threat to progress on the climate crisis."

"Fossil fuel companies have raked in astronomical profits at the expense of communities while Big Oil and Gas lobbyists actively work to keep us hooked on their polluting products that perpetuate the climate crisis,"

"Sierra Club is supporting Khanna's bill, as are 350.org, Alliance for Affordable Energy, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for International Environmental Law, Climate Justice Alliance, Environment America, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace USA, Oil Change International, Our Revolution, Oxfam America, Progressive Democrats of America, U.S. PIRG, and Zero Hour."

"We are grateful to Rep. Khanna for leading this legislation and look forward to supporting this and other types of similar legislation that hold Big Oil and Gas companies accountable," Sorour told Common Dreams."

"Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the broader End Polluter Welfare Act, of which Khanna is a co-lead. Its sponsors say that by closing tax loopholes and ending corporate handouts to the fossil fuel industry, that bill "would save American taxpayers up to $170 billion over the next 10 years."

#VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot #ImWithHer
#StopBurnigThings #StopEcoside

475 #ClimateLegal #YearsLying #CaliforniaVsBigOil

'They' knew what they were doing.
But they lied, for the allmighty Dollar.
It's not dangerous they said. We had this kind of air in India and China all the time: no health rsik. 🤬 🤬 🤮
And now 'they' are being sued, by the state of California.
They DID break the law. They DID lie about it. 'They' purposely DID misinforme Congress [and some (R) were happy to hear it]

And now, after Helene [just one storm] , who's gonna pay for that ? Who could have prevented that ?

"The Greatest Misinformation Campaign in History" [15:32 min]
by More Perfect Union

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEISWQubf5Y

Quote by MPU:
"Jan 17, 2024
Big Oil has known for more than 50 years that fossil fuels pose a huge danger to the climate. They covered it up to keep raking in profits.
It's one of the biggest corporate crimes in history.
Now California is suing to make them pay for the damage."

#VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot #ImWithHer

454 #ClimateLegal #MakeThemPay

"Make Polluters Pay" [1:52 min]
by PoliticsGirl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCAyJUmh92o

Quote by PG:
"13 sep 2024
It’s about time the people who polluted our country start paying to clean it up…
link to mentioned petition:
-> atadvocacy.com/evergreen-polluters-91124?ref=lm-91124 <-

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurnigThings #StopEcoside

445 #ClimateLegal #USpolitics #EPA #PFAS

"PFAS chemical disaster exposed #shorts"
by TheRingofFire

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p6xnx3zW2vc

#VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot #ImWithHer

441 #ClimateLegal #BigMoney vs #Government

Does big Money own the legal procedures with governments ? It's certainly shady [non-transparent] those 'treaties' between the big mining companies and national governments.
Lots of secrets, unclear 'courts' with appointed arbitrators.
While civilians hold the government accountable for climate disasters, governments can be liable for $ Billions. Besides footing the bills for the damages caused.
In a legal system where big corps can be deemed, as they wish, human or superhuman; it's no fun. Profit [of a few] above survival of humanity.
Time to commit to Ecoside ! [punishable by death]

"The corporate war against green policies: Climate litigation explained | Transforming Business" [12:02 min]
by DW News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdE5LVJ50OQ

Quote by DWN:
"Aug 30, 2024
It’s been dubbed “litigation terrorism” – a foreign investor protection regime that’s said to be stalling climate action and instead paying polluters. The fossil fuel and mining industries have already been awarded over 100 billion dollars., On this episode of Transforming Business, how corporate lawsuits are holding governments to ransom over green policies and how states are fighting back."

Time stamps
00:00 The fight against corporations
4:18 The Legalities
8:00 Hope in Romania
11:04 The future of climate litigation

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth #StopBurnigThings #StopEcoside

428 #ClimateLegal #Indigenous #Lawsuits

"Indigenous youth are at the center of major climate lawsuits. Here’s why they’re suing."
by Anita Hofschneider for Grist [Audio available] [08-08-'24]

https://grist.org/indigenous/indigenous-youth-are-at-the-center-of-major-climate-lawsuits/

Quotes:
"If I don't do it, who will?"

"On August 8, 2023, 13-year-old Kaliko was getting ready for her hula class at her mother’s house in West Maui. The power was out, and she heard there was a wildfire in Lāhainā, where her dad lived, but she didn’t think much of it. Wildfires happened all the time in the summer."

"Today marks the one-year anniversary of the deadliest wildfire in modern United States history, one that changed Hawaiʻi forever and made Kaliko more determined to defend her community."

"This summer she was part of a group of plaintiffs who forced the state of Hawaiʻi to agree to decarbonize its transportation system, which is responsible for half of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. (Grist is only using her first name because she is a minor and filed the lawsuit without her surname.)"

"“I’m from this place, it’s my main kuleana [a Hawaiian word that connotes both a privilege and responsibility, to her community JdeB] to take care of it like my kupuna have in the past,” she said, referring to her ancestors."

"It’s not just the United States. In 2022, Indigenous youth in Australia won a major victory against a destructive coal project. A few years earlier, Indigenous youth in Colombia joined a broader youth lawsuit that affirmed the rights of the Amazon to protection and conservation."

"To Katy Stewart, who works at the Aspen Center’s Center for Native American Youth, the willingness of Indigenous youth like Kaliko to take the lead in these cases makes sense. Her organization recently surveyed more than 1,000 Indigenous youth and conducted focus groups to learn what they care about. When it came to climate change, emotions ran hot. “What we are seeing and hearing a lot was anger, frustration, and a want to do something,” she said. “It was hopeful to me that there wasn’t sort of a ‘giving up and this is over for us,’ more of, ‘we need to do something because we’re the ones seeing this right now.’”

To Katy Stewart, who works at the Aspen Center’s Center for Native American Youth, the willingness of Indigenous youth like Kaliko to take the lead in these cases makes sense. Her organization recently surveyed more than 1,000 Indigenous youth and conducted focus groups to learn what they care about. When it came to climate change, emotions ran hot.

“What we are seeing and hearing a lot was anger, frustration, and a want to do something,” she said. “It was hopeful to me that there wasn’t sort of a ‘giving up and this is over for us,’ more of, ‘we need to do something because we’re the ones seeing this right now.’”

"When Johnny Juarez from Albuquerque thinks of climate change, he thinks of New Mexico’s oil fields, vast and expansive and dominant in the state’s economy. Juarez is 22, and in the time he’s been alive, the state’s oil production has ramped up 10 times."

“What a just transition looks like to us is centering those families that are going to be most impacted and making sure that they get the support they need,” Juarez said. Juarez has talked a lot about the “just transition” in his job as a community organizer, the concept of moving away from fossil fuels to rely instead on green energy and doing so in a way that respects the rights of marginalized peoples."

"“This was actually a fight that I was really born into,” Juarez said. “The fossil fuel industry and fossil fuel extraction and fracking and oil and gas exploration is really just the next chapter in colonial extractivism in New Mexico.”

"That’s exactly how Beze Gray of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Canada feels. In 2019, they joined a group of seven young people, three of whom are Indigenous, who sued the government of Ontario for weakening its climate goals. Gray grew up in the shadow of dozens of chemical plants and oil refineries and saw firsthand how their pollution hurt their community."

"Globally, Indigenous peoples are often the first to experience the effects of climate change because of their dependence on land and water. In the U.S., modern-day reservations are more susceptible than Indigenous traditional homelands to drought and wildfires, extreme weather events expected to worsen as the earth warms."

"“This is just going to keep happening,” she [Kaliko JdeB] thought. The realization is motivating her to join the Department of Transportation’s youth council created by her lawsuit’s settlement so that she can hold the state accountable to its decarbonization promises. “I want to mainly be advocating for my community,” she said. “I don’t think I can imagine myself doing anything else.”

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth #StopBurnigThings

414 #ClimateLegal #BigOil vs #Greenpeace

"Allies Vow to Fight Off Big Oil Lawsuit Aimed at Ending 'Existence' of Greenpeace"
by Olivia Rosane for Common Dreams [Aug 2 '24] [bird video incl.]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/energy-transfer-greenpeace-lawsuit

"No matter who you are, no matter what your politics are, this is one of the most important issues in America right now," one Greenpeace spokesperson said."

"Nearly 300 organizations and tens of thousands of individuals have signed an open letter supporting Greenpeace USA against a $300 million lawsuit brought against the environmental group by Energy Transfer—a company with a majority stake in the Dakota Access pipeline. The corporation is falsely accusing Greenpeace of being the driving force behind Indigenous-led protests against the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) in 2016 and 2017."

"No matter who you are, no matter what your politics are, this is one of the most important issues in America right now," Greenpeace USA spokesperson Rolf Skar said in a statement. "Energy Transfer built the Dakota Access pipeline. But they're suing anyway in order to send a message: If you dare to oppose us, we will financially ruin you."

"The Dakota Access pipeline drew massive protests from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, more than 300 other tribal nations, and non-Indigenous allies. While former U.S. President Donald Trump forced the pipeline through shortly after taking office in early 2017, the protests rattled the fossil fuel industry and their allies in government. After 2016, 18 states passed anti-protest laws that shielded around 60% of U.S. oil and gas production and related infrastructure from peaceful protests. The industry also turned to "judicial harassment."

"Everyone who says they care about freedom—of whatever political stripe—should join together to support the Greenpeace campaign to protect people's right to speak out against corporate abuses."

"The lawsuit against Greenpeace is also an attack on the Indigenous movement in our fight for self-determination to protect Mother Earth, our waters, sacred and cultural sites, and our youth and future generations," Morgan Brings Plenty of the Standing Rock Youth Council said in a statement. "These colonialist lawsuits are trying to send a warning to anyone who might consider speaking out and to be quiet—any of you could be next."

"Greenpeace has circulated a letter to ET that has so far been signed by more than 290 organizations—including 350.org, Public Citizen, ACLU North Dakota, SEIU, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Amnesty International USA—and tens of thousands of individuals, including prominent celebrities and activists like Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Billie Eilish, and Adam McKay."

"This legal attack on Greenpeace is an attack on us all," the letter continues. "We will not stand idly by. We will not be bullied. We will not be divided and we will not be silenced."

"Everyone who says they care about freedom—of whatever political stripe—should join together to support the Greenpeace campaign to protect people's right to speak out against corporate abuses," said Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen. "As Greenpeace knows from its own experience, too often corporations use their political, economic, and legal power not just to run PR campaigns justifying their wrongdoing, but to threaten public interest advocates with bad-faith lawsuits (SLAPPs) and other intimidation tactics."

"Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) introduced the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) Protection Act during Congress' last session, and plans to reintroduce it in September of this year."

#VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot #ImWithHer

413 #ClimateLegal #Shell #BP

"Shell Slammed for 'Planet-Wrecking' Profits as Temperatures Soar to New Heights"
by Olivia Rosane for Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/news/shell-second-quarter-profits

Quotes:
"We cannot let countries and communities that have done the least to cause climate change pay the price for Shell's greed," one green group said."

"A little more than a week after Earth endured its four hottest days on record, fossil fuel giant Shell announced higher second-quarter profits than expected at $6.3 billion."

"That the profits of two companies alone can outweigh the GDP of six countries already being battered by the climate crisis lays bare the shameful inequity at the heart of the fossil fuel economy."

"Wildfires raging across the Arctic Circle and temperature records breaking by the day should be a wake-up call," Greenpeace U.K. said on social media. "But Shell continues to bank billions from digging up climate-wrecking fossil fuels."

"As global temperatures and the huge costs of tackling the climate crisis continue to rise, the U.K. government has a chance to ensure those most responsible for contributing to global greenhouse gas emissions, like Shell, are held to account by taxing them more," Liguori said. "This could help raise the vital funds needed to ensure a fair switch to clean, renewable energy in the U.K. as well as fulfilling our international commitments to support communities worst-hit by climate change to adapt and recover."

"Greenpeace concluded: "We cannot let countries and communities that have done the least to cause climate change pay the price for Shell's greed. The new Labour government must prove it is different to its predecessor by reining in the fossil fuel giants and imposing bold new taxes on polluters to force them to pay their climate debts at home and abroad."

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An article in Grist, "What would a Harris presidency mean for the climate?", covers many useful questions people might have.

https://grist.org/politics/what-would-a-kamala-harris-presidency-mean-for-the-climate/

#Kamala #Harris #KamalaHarris #USpolitics #election2024 #climate #ClimateJobs #GreenhouseGas #carbon #EnvironmentalJustice #OilSpill #emissions #FossilFuels #oil #GreenWashing #law #EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateLegal #ClimateLaw

387 #ClimateLegal #India #ClientEarth

For those of you not familiar [anymore] with 'zoom-meetings' this will be a very [visually] boring video...
But it is still very much a useful tool internationaly. In this short meeting Laura Clarke [ClientEart UK] explains how legal arguments can be used to achieve environmental justice.

"Laura Clarke, CEO of ClientEarth, on the role of the law in advancing environmental justice" [6:25 min]
by Climate Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE0kmNLaVpg

Quote by CG:
"Jul 16, 2024
As part of our theme weeks in the run-up to Climate Week NYC, our India Executive Director Divya Sharma spoke with Laura Clarke from ClientEarth about environmental justice."

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386 #ClimateLegal #ThankYou #GreenPeaceUK

"Thank You"
GreenpeaceUK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO2V_-HgRQ

Quote by GpUK:
"Jun 26, 2024
Since Shell launched its lawsuit, tens of thousands of you have supported us. Knowing we have you with us gives us strength and inspiration to keep fighting.
We wanted to personally thank you for your support and share this video with you. Thank you."

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