PROSECUTING BIG OIL FOR CLIMATE DEATHS

Exploring the viability of suing oil companies for climate-related deaths

A new legal perspective raises the possibility of prosecuting oil companies for various types of homicide, excluding first-degree murder, ...

Big Oil Ignores Millions of Climate Deaths When Billions in Profit Are ...

Big Oil Ignores Millions of Climate Deaths When Billions in Profit Are at Stake. As the world burns, radical climate change activism is our only ...

Researchers Suggest Prosecuting Fossil Fuel Companies For ...

Two legal researchers have written a paper that claims fossil fuel companies should be prosecuted for committing climate homicide.

Cindy Cho - Maurer School of Law - Indiana University Bloomington

... Deaths," Slate (7/8/2024); Quoted in "Legal Memo Makes Case for Prosecuting Big Oil Over Extreme Heat Deaths," Common Dreams (6/26/2024); Quoted in "Legal ...

Poll: Majority of American Voters Favor Climate Litigation Against ...

As US communities take big oil to court for allegedly deceiving the public about the climate crisis, polling shared with the Guardian shows that ...

Taking Big Oil to court for climate homicide isn't that far-fetched

A paper published in Harvard Environmental Law Review argues fossil fuel companies have been “killing members of the public at an ...

Should fossil fuel companies be tried for homicide?

For decades, Big Oil has known about the threat its products pose to the climate. Activists and legal experts say those companies should ...

Taking the climate killers to court

As deaths mount from extreme heat and other climate disasters, legal and scientific experts are joining forces on a bold new tactic: ...

Donald Braman - Prosecuting Big Oil For Climate Deaths - LinkedIn

I read The Guardian daily, so I'm especially happy that Brian Kahn (https://buff.ly/40it1cS) is covering our Climate Homicide manuscript (ssrn:…

'Climate Homicide': Experts Say Big Oil Should Be Held Criminally ...

"As of this writing, no prosecutor in any jurisdiction is bringing homicide charges of any kind against fossil fuel companies (FFCs) for even a ...

Could Climate-Related Homicide Charges Be a Path to ... - Drilled

Nonprofit Public Citizen has been working with prosecutors to explore the feasibility of using a different sort of law to hold oil companies ...

Prosecution Of Federal Pollution Crimes - Department of Justice

The following are some recent examples. Protecting the Environment, Public Health, and Worker Safety. United States v. Pass. P&W Waste Oil ...

Victims of climate disasters demand investigation of Big Oil | Euronews

A group of citizens is calling on the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate damage done by Big Oil. Chesapeake Climate Action Network ...

Report: Lawyers could charge big oil with homicide after 2023 ...

According to the document, “[T]he case for prosecuting fossil fuel companies for climate-related deaths is strong enough to merit the initiation ...

'Climate Homicide': Experts Say Big Oil Should Be Held Criminally ...

But a pair of legal experts argue they should be held criminally responsible for extreme weather-related deaths that occurred after the industry ...

Big Oil could face homicide charges over 2023 heatwave deaths in ...

“[T]he case for prosecuting fossil fuel companies for climate-related deaths is strong enough to merit the initiation of investigations by ...

What challenges do you foresee in prosecuting cases against oil ...

Should big oil companies be held civilly liable for their role in climate change? When climate alarmism is proven decisively to be either ...

It's Time to Try Fossil-Fuel Executives for Crimes Against Humanity

... warming, hitting the dense ties between Big Oil and the state. These ... By 2030, annual climate and carbon-related deaths are expected to reach ...

Climate Activists File Involuntary Manslaughter Claim Against Big Oil

In a dramatic move sure to attract attention, environmental activists have launched an unprecedented legal action against oil giant ...

She's on a Mission From God: Suing Big Oil for Climate Damages

The case is part of a new wave of litigation targeting oil, gas and coal companies over climate change, which is driven by the burning of their ...