The ruling issued Tuesday by Justice Anar Rathod Patel amounts to yet another legal defeat in a nationwide effort by local ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A judge has dismissed New York City's lawsuit seeking to hold Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell liable for ...

California lawmakers may consider a climate ‘superfund’ law that forces fossil fuel companies to pay for damages linked to ...

NYC's lawsuit against ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell for greenwashing has been dismissed by a state Supreme Court judge.

The court fight brought in Hawaii state court is similar to others filed against the nation's largest energy companies by ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California ...

Honolulu is among various U.S. jurisdictions to have filed suits seeking monetary damages from companies that extract, ...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not hear an appeal from certain major oil and gas companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the ...

State Supreme Court Justice Anar Patel said the city failed to prove that Exxon Mobil, Shell and BP misled New Yorkers about ...

Defendants Sunoco and Shell, along with 15 other energy companies, had asked the court to intervene and stop the Hawaii ...

The frosty island sits atop giant oil and gas reserves that climate campaigners say must never see the light of day.