In what could become a landmark case for climate accountability, a Washington state woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit ...

The lawsuit was filed by a Washington state woman who alleges oil and gas companies contributed to an extraordinarily hot day ...

The daughter of a Washington state woman who died due to overheating is seeking damages from fossil fuel companies such as ...

Experts said it is the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.

Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city's history. A lawsuit claims she was ...

The lawsuit alleges that oil giants were liable for Julie’s death and accuses them of a decades-long campaign of deception ...

Charleston filed a lawsuit against 24 oil companies in 2020. Those companies submitted multiple motions to dismiss the case, ...

"The court should add this far-fetched claim to the growing list of meritless climate lawsuits that state and federal courts have already dismissed." Representatives of Shell, ConocoPhillips ...

ConocoPhillips, BP and Shell declined to comment when ... directly linked to fossil fuel-driven alteration of the climate.” The lawsuit accuses the companies of hiding, downplaying and ...