Dana Drugmand

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Climate/enviro journalist covering climate accountability & litigation. New England native & citizen of 🌎

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Last summer, following a historic trial, a MT judge issued a landmark ruling in favor of youth in their constitutional climate lawsuit v. their state government. The MT Supreme Court is set to hear the case on appeal. More in my preview piece here www.climateinthecourts.com/news/montana...

Montana Kids' Climate Case Goes Back to Court on Appealwww.climateinthecourts.com The Montana Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a landmark youth constitutional climate case . The hearing comes as the state seeks to overturn the trial court’s...

In a landmark settlement agreement in a youth climate suit, Hawai’i has committed to transformative climate action in its transportation sector. And in the UK, the Supreme Court issued a “game-changing” ruling on GHG emissions assessments #climatelaw oneearthnow.substack.com/p/historic-s...

“Historic” Settlement Reached in Hawai’i Youth Climate Case, Advancing Systemic Decarbonization of Transportation Sectoroneearthnow.substack.com The settlement also recognizes right to life-sustaining climate system. And in the UK, the Supreme Court ruled that combustion emissions should be considered in assessments of fossil fuel projects.

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The discussion around climate disinformation is often limited to climate science denial, or arguments about the relative urgency of the climate crisis, but the fossil fuel industry is busily pushing a whole raft of new climate problems disguised as "solutions." drilled.media/investigatio...

False Solutionsdrilled.media Climate disinformation doesn’t begin and end with science denial. As the world moves towards climate action, the fossil fuel industry has begun using familiar tactics to advocate for solutions it know...

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"Inside Trump’s Plan to Bulldoze American Climate Policy" by @danad1012.bsky.social for @sierramagazine.bsky.social: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/insid...

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Biofuels facilities, new research suggests, have a poor track record of environmental compliance and are considerable contributors to climate & hazardous air pollution that risks endangering the health of largely rural residents My latest for The New Lede www.thenewlede.org/2024/06/biof...

Biofuels manufacturing found to be a significant source of hazardous air pollutionwww.thenewlede.org By Dana Drugmand Hazardous air pollutants emitted in the manufacturing of biofuels is nearly as bad as air pollution stemming from oil refineries, and for several types of dangerous pollutants such a...

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HUGE BREAKING news from Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social Vermont's Climate Superfund Law enacted!🎉 Vermont becomes 1st state to hold Big Oil financially responsible for a fair share of climate damages!

VT’s Climate Superfund Act became law on May 30 (w/o Gov. Scott’s signature), making Vermont the first state to hold #BigOil liable for climate pollution through legislation. More in my news story here www.thenewlede.org/2024/05/verm...

"Taking on Big Oil"; Vermont enacts Climate Superfund Actwww.thenewlede.org By Dana Drugmand Vermont has enacted a first-in-the-nation law that holds major fossil fuel companies financially responsible for the climate pollution associated with their products, a move applaude...

Should Trump retake the White House, his political allies are prepared to take a sledgehammer to US climate & environmental policies. In this piece for Sierra, I take a look at Project 2025 & what a Trump 2.0 scenario might entail for climate (& democracy) www.sierraclub.org/sierra/insid...

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“What will [it take to] break through to people?” - Kat Maier, national coordinator with @fffunitedstates.bsky.social “[Biden] needs to do something radically different if he wants to win the youth vote” - Ada Crandall, organizer w/ Sunrise Movement oneearthnow.substack.com/p/were-wide-...

“We’re Wide Awake”: Young Climate Organizers Reflect on Global Justice Crisesoneearthnow.substack.com Climate scientists are terrified. And today’s kids are not okay.

Enviro advocates say outcomes of the #INC4 UN plastics treaty talks & the #G7 ministers’ meeting on climate fall far short of commitments necessary to protect public & planetary health, including phasing out fossil fuels & curbing plastics production oneearthnow.substack.com/p/plastics-t...

Plastics Treaty Talks, G7 Climate Meeting Fail to Deliver Meaningful Progress, Campaigners Sayoneearthnow.substack.com Civil society observers react to outcomes from high-level intergovernmental sessions discussing the plastics and climate crises, both rooted in fossil fuels.

I’m now on Substack - follow my writing & reporting here oneearthnow.substack.com

One Earth Now | Dana Drugmand | Substackoneearthnow.substack.com Dispatches on climate action and accountability during this decisive decade. Click to read One Earth Now, by Dana Drugmand, a Substack publication. Launched 4 days ago.

Historic ruling by the European Court of Human Rights today finding Switzerland’s insufficient climate mitigation measures violate #HumanRights under Art. 8 of the Convention. “The Court has affirmed that climate action is a legal duty” - Lucy Maxwell www.climateinthecourts.com/news/histori...

Historic Ruling Issued by European Human Rights Court in Climate Casewww.climateinthecourts.com A regional human rights court in Europe ruled today for the first time in its 65-year history that the climate crisis is a serious threat to human rights, finding that the Swiss government’s...

Efforts are underway nationwide to amend state constitutions to recognize the right to clean air & water and a healthful environment as fundamental rights of all people As seen recently in NY & MT, such big reforms are doable & can have real teeth #greenamendments www.sierraclub.org/sierra/advoc...

Advocates Nationwide Push for State-Level Green Constitutional Amendmentswww.sierraclub.org Efforts seek to enshrine the rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment

Bucks County, PA filed a new lawsuit this week against #BigOil for its “tobacco-industry-style campaigns” of deception on the climate impacts of its products. It’s the first #climateaccountability lawsuit to come out of Pennsylvania More in my story here www.climateinthecourts.com/news/pennsyl...

Pennsylvania County Takes on Big Oil as Climate Deception Cases Continue Mountingwww.climateinthecourts.com A county in southeastern Pennsylvania just north of Philadelphia filed a climate accountability lawsuit on Monday against a handful of major oil and gas companies and their chief trade association,...

What’s happening in US #youthvgov #climatelitigation? In MT, the state is appealing the trial court’s historic verdict. In the federal Juliana case, DOJ filed (yet another) emergency petition to block a trial. Youth & their attorneys have now responded www.climateinthecourts.com/news/youth-a...

Youth and Their Attorneys Push Back on Government Attempts to Avoid Accountability in US Climate Lawsuitswww.climateinthecourts.com Attorneys representing young Americans in two separate constitutional climate lawsuits - one at the state level in Montana and the other against the federal government - have filed response briefs as....

Shell continues investing in new oil & gas extraction in this critical decade when the world must rapidly reduce CO2 emissions & curtail new extraction that leads to more emissions. New report suggests Shell is defying the landmark 2021 court verdict www.climateinthecourts.com/news/defying...

Defying Dutch Court Order, Shell Doubles Down on Oil and Gas - Reportwww.climateinthecourts.com Shell continues to expand its oil and gas operations and approve development of new extraction projects in an apparent violation of a 2021 Dutch court ruling requiring the oil major to reduce CO2...

Oil company defendants like Chevron & ExxonMobil say in a new Supreme Court petition that climate lawsuits “present a serious threat” to their industry They are calling on the Court to “put a stop” to this litigation before they have to face trial www.climateinthecourts.com/news/big-oil...

Big Oil Urges US Supreme Court to "Put a Stop" to Climate Deception Lawsuitswww.climateinthecourts.com Lawyers representing oil and gas industry defendants in a climate lawsuit brought by the city and county of Honolulu are calling on the US Supreme Court to quash this suit and others targeting the...

The New York AG is suing JBS USA in a new climate lawsuit alleging misleading marketing & greenwashing. 👀 🆕 from Climate in the Courts 👇🏻 www.climateinthecourts.com/news/new-yor...

New York Files Climate Greenwashing Suit Against Beef Giant JBSwww.climateinthecourts.com The State of New York has filed a climate lawsuit against JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, seeking to hold it accountable for alleged misrepresentations and misleading marketing. The company...

Since the Juliana v. US climate lawsuit was first filed in 2015, the US government has seemed hell bent on stopping it in its tracks. Now Biden’s DOJ is following the Trump DOJ playbook to try to quash the case. My latest reporting on this landmark youth climate suit 👇🏻 drilled.media/news/juliana

Why Is the Biden DOJ Blocking a Landmark Youth Climate Suit?drilled.media The Biden Administration is resuming Trump legal tactics to in an attempt to permanently block a youth-led climate civil rights suit.

Chicago has filed a climate lawsuit against Big Oil, joining more than three dozen jurisdictions in the US that have turned to the courts seeking to hold the oil & gas industry liable for climate harms More in my news piece here www.climateinthecourts.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Sues Big Oil Over Climate Deceptionwww.climateinthecourts.com The city of Chicago filed a climate accountability lawsuit against half a dozen major oil and gas companies and their chief lobbyist group the American Petroleum Institute , charging them with...

“Big Oil knew decades ago that their products would cause this damage. It’s only right that they pay a share of the costs to clean up this mess” - VT state senator Anne Watson, lead sponsor of VT’s climate superfund bill My latest for Sierra here www.sierraclub.org/sierra/vermo...

Vermont, Other States Push for “Climate Superfund” Bill to Hold Polluting Companies Accountablewww.sierraclub.org Climate-driven extreme weather is wreaking havoc across the country. Lawmakers want fossil fuel companies to pay.

Classic greenwashing. There’s no such thing as clean gasoline.

Norway is appealing the Oslo District Court’s landmark verdict. More in my piece here on why that verdict is so significant www.climateinthecourts.com/news/norway-...

Big climate litigation win in the fight against fossil fuel expansion in Norway 🇳🇴 The Oslo District Court has invalidated Norway’s approvals of three new North Sea oil fields, finding the government didn’t properly assess their climate impacts www.climateinthecourts.com/news/norwegi...

Norwegian Court Overturns Norway's Approvals of New Offshore Oil Fields on Climate Groundswww.climateinthecourts.com A court in Norway has delivered a key victory for climate campaigners in the fight against fossil fuel expansion, determining that the Norwegian government’s approvals of three new offshore oil and....

Norway Aims to Overturn Court Verdict Blocking North Sea Oil Fieldswww.climateinthecourts.com The Norwegian government is turning to the Court of Appeal seeking to reverse a landmark ruling that invalidated the State’s approvals of three new oil and gas fields in the North Sea on climate...

The Dutch NGO that successfully sued Shell over its climate plans is starting a new case that could help reverse the global banking sector’s support of fossil fuel firms and their activities 🏦 www.desmog.com/2024/01/26/m...

This NGO Won a Climate Case Against Shell. Its Next Target? Dutch Bank INGwww.desmog.com Here’s what Friends of the Earth Netherlands’ latest legal action could mean for global banks financing major polluters.

Judge Aiken has denied US gov defendants’ motions to dismiss & further stall the Juliana v. US youth constitutional climate suit. Case could go to trial this year, but one climate law expert says the gov will likely keep trying to block trial 👀 www.climateinthecourts.com/news/youth-c...

Youth Climate Case Against US Government Should Go to Trial, Court Rules (Again)www.climateinthecourts.com A federal trial court judge in Oregon has rejected the US government’s latest attempts to quash the constitutional climate case Juliana v. United States , once again allowing the youth-led civil....

Courts have become a critical venue for seeking climate justice and accountability Catch up on some of the highlights in climate litigation in 2023 plus a sneak peek of what’s on the docket for 2024 in my year-end piece 🧑‍⚖️ 🌎 www.desmog.com/2023/12/26/2...

2023 Has Been A Big Year for Climate Accountability in the Courtswww.desmog.com From a groundbreaking trial in Montana to a “truly historic” human rights hearing in Europe, climate change litigation took big steps forward this year.

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