Louisiana Wants Oil Firms to Pay for Coastal Damage. A Supreme Court Ruling Just Made that Harder.

Louisiana wants oil firms to pay for coastal damage. A Supreme Court ruling just made that harder.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision has struck a serious blow to Louisiana's longstanding efforts to hold oil companies responsible for coastal damage, leaving state officials with a stark choice of whether to press ahead with the fight or seek to…

US Supreme Court unanimously rules for oil and gas companies in Louisiana environmental suit

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Friday penned an 8-0 ruling in favor of Chevron in the Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana case, overturning the appeal court’s decision and allowing Chevron to move the case from state court to federal court. The decision will give Chevron a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay $744 million in 2025. In 2013, Plaquemines Parish and other parishes launc…

Breaking: Major Under-the-Radar SCOTUS Decision on Climate Lawfare

There are Supreme Court decisions that arrive with fanfare, and then there are those that quietly rearrange the legal landscape in ways that only become obvious after the dust settles. Today's decision in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish belongs firmly in the latter category. It is not packaged as a climate case. It does not speak in the language of emissions targets or environmental urgency. Yet it strikes directly at the legal machinery …

Supreme Court says Plaquemines Parish lawsuit over erosion must be heard in federal court

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court handed a win Friday to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana.

Climate Lawfare Suffers Major Defeat at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down a bizarre effort at climate lawfare, which aimed to penalize Chevron for its role in boosting the U.S.