Ruling in the climate case Saul Lliuya (farmer in Peru) vs German coal major RWE got moved from April 14 to May 28 following a "challenge on grounds of bias" (Befangenheitsantrag) by Lliuya against the court-appointed geologist expert Katzenbach! https://www.justiz.nrw/presse/2025-04-09

Who made the court hire this shitty guy in the first place, eh? RWE ?? I can't trust these judges!
RWE is such a villain!
It is well known from past activists' engagements that RWE owns the police in the state North Rhine-Westphalian and are directly responsible for a reporter's fall to death during the dismantling of the tree house village in #HambiBleibt by the police.
So it is utterly conceivable that RWE owns the district court OLG Hamm as well!!

The web quotes a sentence Katzenbach said in court: "The damages to Lliuya's property would be ridiculously low."

Some more ( but not all I read ) of this "expert's" statements in this long thread directly from the court room. Scroll up and down... https://bsky.app/profile/duycks.bsky.social/post/3lkqiyt2mgc2y

#ClimateJustice #ClimateLitigation #SaulvsRWE #LliuyavsRWE #RWE #ClimateChange #ClimateScienceEquity

Iwi leader Mike Smith claims another win in his case against big New Zealand climate polluters
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558839/court-case-against-big-nz-polluters-remains-focused-after-ruling

#ClimateLitigation #ClimateAction #nzpol

PRESS RELEASE
Greenpeace shocked by Govt MP’s attempt to strip New Zealanders’ democratic rights https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/greenpeace-shocked-by-govt-mps-attempt-to-strip-new-zealanders-democratic-rights/?utm_medium=post&utm_content=postid-69313&utm_source=mastodon

#ClimateLitigation #nzpol

Joseph Mooney's Climate Change (Restriction on Civil Proceedings) Bill is an outrageous attempt at removing a vital course of action for challenging big polluters who threaten all of our futures with climate chaos:
https://bills.parliament.nz/v/1/08176357-88b1-46b3-1aab-08dd6a66f759

#nzpol #ClimateLitigation #CimateChange

This is an outrageous attempt at removing a vital course of action for challenging big polluters who threaten all of our futures with climate chaos. bills.parliament.nz/v/1/08176357... #nzpol #ClimateLitigation #CimateChange

2/2

The second court day in Peruvian farmer Saúl versus German coal major RWE.

3 hours ago, so at 6pm, the session was closed. Decision will be announced on April 14.

The long live ticker, here near the end, where Sébastien logs RWE's closing statement:
https://bsky.app/profile/duycks.bsky.social/post/3lkqmidgutk27

I don't know how such a long thread displays if you're not logged in. So I chose to link to a posting near the end of a thread. Hope it's working out alright.

#ClimateJustice #ClimateLitigation #SaulvsRWE #ClimateChange #ClimateScienceEquity #RWE

Important court day. A farmer from Peru is suing German coal major RWE for contributing to climate change which is bound to cause a rockslide into the glacial lake uphill from the farner's honetown.. and drown them all... unless an expensive protection dam is built. The cost of which RWE shall have to pay.
The verdict by the first instance court in 2017 denied the argument.
Today's court, Oberlandesgericht Hamm, starts from scratch. The judges even did an onsite visit in 2022 as preparation.
And they appointed a court expert on specific climate attribution, too...who, it turns out, is on the side of RWE... See the second to last post in below thread...

Here's a live ticker from the court room. This is the last post in the thread:
https://bsky.app/profile/duycks.bsky.social/post/3lkll4ejlzc22

Next court day is Wednesday.
#ClimateJustice #ClimateLitigation #SaulvsRWE #ClimateChange #ClimateScienceEquity

Ten years after the Indigenous-led protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline, representatives from Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the USA have arrived at court to fight a meritless lawsuit brought by US oil company Energy Transfer.

Greenpeace organisations begin trial defense against Energy Transfer’s SLAPP
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/greenpeace-organisations-begin-trial-defense-against-energy-transfers-slapp/?utm_medium=share&utm_content=postid-68552&utm_source=mastodon #greenpeace #slapp #climatelitigation #law #environment #dakota #usa #climatechange

Climate litigation in action: Judge allows lawsuit against coal and oil companies to proceed to discovery.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/24/big-oil-must-deliver-the-goods-under-landmark-climate-litigation-ruling/

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #exxonknew #bigoil #puertorico #climatelitigation #litigation #climatelawsuit #climatelaw #climateaction #globalwarming #globalheating

Climate litigation in action: Judge allows lawsuit against coal and oil companies to proceed to discovery.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/24/big-oil-must-deliver-the-goods-under-landmark-climate-litigation-ruling/

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #exxonknew #bigoil #puertorico #climatelitigation #litigation #climatelawsuit #climatelaw #climateaction #globalwarming #globalheating

Fascinating stuff. Mike Smith’s groundbreaking case against @Fonterra and NZ’s other worst climate polluters is back to the Supreme Court #climatelitigation #nzpol #climatecrisis #toomanycows

Activist asks Supreme Court to...

New Zealand mountain granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
https://apnews.com/article/mountain-zealand-personhood-maori-taranak-590fca0f3d648cc0bf86d970782e954c
Mount Taranaki - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Taranaki

#NewZealand #Indigenous #Māori #Maori #MountTaranaki #TaranakiMaunga #MountEgmont
#environmentalism #EnvironmentalRights #EnvironmentalHealth #ClimateChange #ClimateLitigation
#LegalPerson #LegalPersonhood #EnvironmentalPersonhood
#Indigenous #autonomy

WTO confirms validity of EU climate-based actions in renewable energy dispute brought by Indonesia: 👉 OGEL Special Issue on Climate Litigation and the Energy Sector https://www.ogel.org/journal-browse-issues-toc.asp?key=105
#ClimateLitigation #ClimatePolicy #ClimateChange #Energy #Climate #Regulatory #Policy https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/wto-confirms-validity-eu-climate-based-actions-renewable-energy-dispute-brought-indonesia-2025-01-10_en?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

WTO panel issues report regarding EU measures affecting palm oil, biofuels from Indonesia: 👉 OGEL Special Issue on Climate Litigation and the Energy Sector https://www.ogel.org/journal-browse-issues-toc.asp?key=105
#ClimateLitigation #ClimatePolicy #ClimateChange #Energy #Climate #Regulatory #Policy https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news25_e/593r_e.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nature Goes to Court
https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/nature-goes-court

* natures takes stand in climate litigation
* courtrooms worldwide battleground for Earth’s rights
* environment as plaintiff demanding justice/accountability
* benefits humanity

India's top court: Pollution-free environment a fundamental right
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/pollution-free-environment-fundamental-right-indias-top-court-says-2024-10-23

#environmentalism #EnvironmentalRights #EnvironmentalHealth #ClimateChange #ClimateLitigation
#LegalPerson #LegalPersonhood #MagpieRiver #EnvironmentalPersonhood
#Indigenous #autonomy

Why #ClimateLitigation is necessary: 'only a tiny sliver of companies are on track to reach #NetZero targets. Of the 70 percent of G2000 companies that report emissions data, just 16 percent are on track to reach net zero by 2050. That’s down from 18 percent in 2023' #ClimateCrisis https://www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/good-news-a-common-definition-for-net-zero-is-emerging/

Climate activist Mike Smith’s Smith vs Fonterra legal case fails in the Court of Appeal but the door is left ajar for future claims against Govt decisions.

‘Ambitious’ climate claim against Attorney-General dismissed https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/24/ambitious-climate-claim-against-judith-collins-dismissed/

#ClimateLitigation #nzpol #climatecrisis

Our Children's Trust:

Today, Wednesday 18th December 2024, the highest court of Montana agreed: Children have fundamental rights to a safe and liveable climate!

16 Montana youth held their government accountable for harming their fundamental rights to health, safety, liberty, dignity, equal protection of the law, and a clean and healthful #environment. Our youth clients’ voices were heard. The Montana Supreme Court has upheld science-based protections for a safe and healthy #climate, affirming that fossil fuel pollution is incompatible with children’s constitutional rights and that an environmental life support system includes a stable climate system.

This was a resounding 6:1 victory!

This landmark decision is now firmly embedded in Montana’s constitutional law, ensuring that no politician can revoke these protections, today or in the future.

https://heldvmontana.ourchildrenstrust.org/

#ClimateChange #ClimateLitigation

African Climate Alliance v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy - High Court of South Africa - Judgment - 04 December 2024
https://www.ogel.org/legal-and-regulatory-detail.asp?key=35926

The ruling highlights the legal recourse available to challenge governmental actions that negatively impact environmental sustainability and public health.
👉 OGEL Special Issue on Climate Litigation and the Energy Sector - free excerpt
https://www.ogel.org/journal-browse-issues-toc.asp?key=105
#ClimateLitigation #ClimatePolicy #ClimateChange #Energy #Climate #Regulatory #Policy

Carrboro, NC v Duke Energy
Climate damage and deception lawsuit against an electric utility that continues to build methane-burning power plants.
Town leaders urge other towns to also hold their utilities accountable.

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-targets-duke-energys-decades-of-climate-deception-harm-to-north-carolina-town-2024-12-04/

#Climate #Utilities #ClimateLitigation #ClimateLawsuit #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice