Join us in urging Congress to protect our right to hold Big Oil accountable. A legal shield for Big Oil would force the rising bill for climate damages onto taxpayers and set a harmful precedent that ...

The case, which the justices will hear in early October, could be consequential for more than two dozen climate liability lawsuits pending against the fossil fuel industry.

Climate litigation continues to expand and mature, underscoring the importance of scientific evidence to support legal claims across the world.

Experts File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Supreme Court Case Documenting Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil Decades of Climate Deception

Oil giant has denied involvement, but climate activists are closely watching court case against Israeli private investigator for answers

US energy secretary Chris Wright featured in seminars to judges when he was a fracking executive

UCS supports a fast and fair phaseout of fossil fuels around the world.

Rep. Hageman Bill Puts Polluters Above the Law, Seeks Sweeping Legal Immunity for Fossil Fuel Industry Climate Accountability Lawsuits

Rep. Hageman Bill Puts Polluters Above the Law, Seeks Sweeping Legal Immunity for Fossil Fuel Industry Climate Accountability Lawsuits

EPA today announced its final rule to undo the agency’s 2009 endangerment finding and repeal standards that reduce the dependence of cars and trucks on fossil fuels. Statement by UCS President Dr. Gre...

As people and communities seek accountability, the industry is pleading for an escape hatch.

Republican attorneys general argued the new chapter would put judges “firmly on one side” of climate lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry.

Court declared today that the Trump administration violated federal law when it secretly formed the “Climate Working Group” and tasked it with writing a dangerously slanted report used as the basis fo...

Michigan Becomes the 11th State to Take Oil Majors to Court for Climate Deception, Arguing They Violated Antitrust Laws to Limit Energy Options and Drive Up Costs

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Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data from the Carbon Majors database.

President Trump’s addiction to fossil fuels will not make people in the United States safer or richer. In fact, it will do the opposite by dragging us into a 19th-century-style imperial adventure that...

President Trump announced today that he is removing the United States from the UNFCCC and IPCC, as well as 64 other entities or U.N. organizations. Statements by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

How do we prevent industry obstruction of science-based policy, and what would a climate summit look like if fossil fuel interests were finally shut out?

Fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions, and their disinformation must be tackled

Large fossil fuel and cement companies are responsible for the vast majority of the emissions that science shows are driving changes in the earth’s climate.

COP30 will be a pivotal moment in global efforts to limit the worst impacts of climate change and advance a just transition centering workers, communities, and Indigenous Peoples.

Large fossil fuel and cement companies are responsible for the vast majority of the emissions that science shows are driving changes in the earth’s climate.

Consumer and two environmental groups took legal action claiming the campaign was misleading and greenwashing.

Why the case against the major fossil fuel companies for fraud and climate damages is so strong.

Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021

Nature Sustainability - The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the...

Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down the EU’s CSDDD When the EU finally agreed on its landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in 2024, it was hailed as a breakthro...

This month, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed comments and submitted a letter signed by more than 1,000 scientists opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposal to rescin...

Join a virtual discussion on the critical strategy in the fight for climate justice and a livable planet: holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Thursday, September 25, 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET.

Environmentalists have long suspected that the true depth of fossil fuel industry interference in addressing climate change goes far deeper than what has been reported.

By stacking the authorship with long-time contrarians, the DOE didn't assemble a scientific review; it curated a climate denial echo chamber.

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US taxpayers are facing double jeopardy thanks to a reckless and inhumane budget bill that hands billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry as it worsens the impact of climate change

Blatant attempts to grant polluters nationwide immunity show just how far some officials will go to deny communities their day in court.

"While the United States and some other major polluters have chosen to ignore climate science, the rest of the international community is advancing protections," said one observer.