Misti Leon accuses ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell of downplaying the risks of fossil fuels while clearly understanding the long-term danger of the products they peddle, Matt Simons reports. Leon’s mother was among an estimated 1,400 people who perished during a 27-day “heat dome” across Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, where summer temperatures hit 30 degrees above normal.
Experts say it would have been virtually impossible without human-driven climate change.
Speaking of climate litigation, both sides claimed victory after a mixed ruling in a landmark German lawsuit in which a Peruvian mountain farmer sought to hold an energy giant accountable for climate-related risks to his home. As Cain Burdeau writes, the suit was seen as an international test case to hold the world's biggest polluters accountable for climate change.
Some good news for tribal rights and Mother Nature: Southern Arizona tribes won another chance to fight a transmission line through their ancestral homeland, Joe Duhownik reports. And another lawsuit joined a long list of efforts to stop federal mining projects — this one concerning an endangered toad species.
An abundance of Courthouse News next.
Here’s what else happened in court this week:
The Trump administration’s relentless bid to deport Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is likely unconstitutional.[Erik Uebelacker]
European Union regulators want to force popular online pornographic platforms to do a better job of keeping minors from accessing adult content. [Cain Burdeau]
William Duplessie is escorted out of the New York Police 13th Precinct after turning himself in on charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
» First Circuit: A Puerto Rico law barring merchants from giving discounts to customers who pay in cash is not preempted by federal law.
» Northern District of California: An $8.9 million settlement between the makers of Poppi Prebiotic Soda and customers who say the drinks are not as advantageous to gut health as the marketing suggests has the court’s preliminary approval.
» Eastern District of California: An Alturas Indian Rancheria tribal officer violated a preliminary injunction ordering him to stop delivering cigarettes to anyone in California.
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