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Scale of climate damages could dwarf tobacco lawsuits

2016-06-21 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Home: As ExxonMobil case divides US top lawyers, campaigners advise governments to take on fossil fuel interests or face court themselves Fatuma lost 190 sheep and goats and 23 cattle because of the 2015 Ethiopian drought. She now has 10 goats and sheep and 2 cattle. (Pic: Abiy Getahun/Oxfam) Governments will face rising demands for climate compensation unless they crack down on coal, oil and gas companies operating within their authority That was the conclusion of a report by Australia-based...

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Is ISDS dead? No, multi-million lawsuits still on the horizon

2016-04-18 17:38:04| IT Services - Topix.net

When put to the test, the Investment Court System, proposed by the Commission to replace the ill-fated Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanism , fails to protect the right to regulate, write Cecilia Olivet and Natacha Cingotti. Cecilia Olivet is a researcher on trade and investment at the Transnational Institute and Natacha Cingotti is a trade campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe.

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Judge closes coal-ash lawsuits

2016-04-07 16:11:17| Waste Management - Topix.net

The Weatherspoon ruling is one of three state lawsuits over coal ash contamination that Wake Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway closed Monday by approving settlements. The other two plants where settlements were approved were the H.F. Lee plant in Goldsboro and the Cape Fear plant in Moncure.

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