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April 17, 2025

These Climate Policy Rollbacks Just Made Our Financial Future a Lot Riskier

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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March 18, 2025

The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Lasting Imprint on Global Sea Levels

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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January 14, 2025

Ask A Scientist: How Can Scientists Drive Change Through Climate Lawsuits?

Guest Commentary

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December 16, 2024

Looking Ahead to Climate Litigation in 2025: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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November 13, 2024

Project 2025 and a Second Trump Term: A Wake-Up Call for Climate Accountability

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

People lined up at a climate protest in Manhattan, New York.

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November 6, 2024

A Second Trump Administration Threatens an Assault on Climate, Energy, and Justice Priorities

Chitra Kumar
Managing Director, Climate and Energy Program

Scientist holding a sign saying "Scientists Say: End Fossil Fuels"

Hannah Poor/UCSUSA

October 1, 2024

Bankrolling the Burn: Why Climate Scientists are Taking on Fossil Fuel Financiers

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

A scientist in a lab is speaking with reporters

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September 18, 2024

Your Research Can Help Inform Climate Litigation

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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July 2, 2024

What’s New in Climate Lawsuits?

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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July 1, 2024

How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

A group of scientists stand in front of Citigroup on Wall St. during the Scientists Speakout Day in June 2024. They hold a banner showing the global average temperatures from 1860 via a color graph that becomes much redder after 2010.

Hannah Poor/UCS

June 20, 2024

Scientists Demand Citigroup End Fossil Fuel Funding

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 28, 2024

Here’s What We’re Asking Major Fossil Fuel Corporations at This Year’s Annual Meetings

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Carly Phillips (left) testifying before the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights in April, 2024.

Upasana Khatri

April 25, 2024

A Call for Climate Justice at the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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April 10, 2024

Swiss Women Lead the Way in Historic Climate Justice Victory

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

ExxonMobil on a financial stock computer screen

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April 4, 2024

As its Lone Climate Scientist Board Member Departs, ExxonMobil Still Heads in the Wrong Direction

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

A scientist, underwater in diving gear, examines coral reefs and makes notes on an underwater clipboard in Virgin Islands National Park. Warmer ocean temperatures and more acidic waters (from increased carbon dioxide levels) are bleaching and dissolving coral reefs around the world.

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April 4, 2024

New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

Utility workers prepare to make repairs to downed power lines on Nicasio Valley Road after utility poles were toppled by high winds on January 05, 2023, in Nicasio, California. A powerful storm pounding the West Coast uprooted trees and cut power for tens of thousands on the heels of record rainfall that month.

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April 1, 2024

Climate Finance Rule Stiffs Investors

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

A cardboard sign held aloft at a protest reads CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW

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February 29, 2024

Climate Change Accountability: How International Courts Can Drive Climate Action

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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December 10, 2023

The Intergenerational Fight for Climate Justice at COP 28

Sanjali De Silva
Former Contributor

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December 10, 2023

Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

Sanjali De Silva/UCS

December 9, 2023

Fossil Fuel Disinformation Threats Aim to Hinder Meaningful Action at COP28

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

Rachel Cleetus/UCS

December 5, 2023

Overcoming Unprecedented Oil and Gas Industry Influence at UN Climate Talks

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Hannah Poor/UCS

November 20, 2023

World Leaders Must Protect UN Climate Talks from Fossil Fuel Industry Interference

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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September 25, 2023

The Human Right to a Stable Climate

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation