Heroic Lives of Climate Defenders

November 22, 2024

Climate advocacy is a dangerous business. According to Global Witness, every week, somewhere in the world, between three and four environmental...

Fighting Fossil Fuels in the Courts and on the Ballot

May 17, 2024

When it comes to shifting away from burning fossil fuels, there’s more than one way to do it. One increasingly popular method is holding the...

SF Climate Week 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Suing Big Oil

April 23, 2024

On behalf of the People of the State of California, Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against five of the world’s largest oil and...

Busted: The Newest Emission Cheaters

February 9, 2024

A settlement for the largest civil penalty resulting from the Clean Air Act has just been reached. The EPA, DOJ and the State of California have...

Ben Santer: 2023 Schneider Award Winner

December 22, 2023

Every year Climate One honors a scientist who makes breakthroughs and delivers them to a broad public with the Stephen H. Schneider Award for...

Law and Oil: Taking Climate Offenders to Court

July 7, 2023

The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the climate crisis. Some lawsuits challenge governments for...

REWIND: Should Nature Have Rights?

January 14, 2022

In the last several years, a growing number of countries and places within the United States have tried to establish legal standing for natural...

Should Nature Have Rights?

May 28, 2021

In the last several years, a growing number of countries and places within the United States have tried to establish legal standing for natural...

Law and Disorder: Climate Change in the Courts

October 18, 2019

Climate change is affecting every aspect of our lives - our environment, our health, our economy and our future. And now, it’s even creeping...