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UK company directors may be liable for climate impacts, say lawyers

Legal experts say directors could face personal claims for failing to consider how businesses affect nature

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers in court again over net zero plans

Friends of the Earth dismisses government’s revised climate action plan as a ‘pipe dream’

The Guardian - UK

Drinks firms face EU-wide complaint over plastic bottle recycling claims

Consumer groups issue formal notice to European Commission over ‘greenwashing’ claims that bottles are ‘100% recyclable’ or ‘100% recycled’

The Guardian - UK

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Environment campaign organisation loses High Court fight with Shell directors

ClientEarth, a shareholder in Shell, had raised concern about Shell’s ‘climate change strategy’ and wanted to make a ‘breach’ of duties claim.

The Independent UK

Environment group waits for ruling in latest stage of fight with Shell directors

ClientEarth, a Shell shareholder, has raised concern about climate change strategies and wants to make a ‘breach’ of duties claim.

The Independent UK

Environment campaigners in latest round of fight with Shell directors

ClientEarth, a shareholder in Shell, is unhappy about the company’s ‘climate change strategy’ and wants to make a ‘breach’ of duties claim.

The Independent UK

Grain trader Cargill faces legal challenge in US over Brazilian soya supply chain

World’s biggest grain trader accused of ‘shoddy due diligence’ on deforestation and alleged rights violations

The Guardian - UK

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EU plan to ban up to 7,000 dangerous chemicals failing badly, says study

Roadmap to stop use of substances including ‘forever chemicals’ used to implement bans on 14 chemical groups so far, report states

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s biggest petrochemical plant in 30 years a ‘carbon bomb’, court to hear

Environment groups challenge decision to approve £3.5bn Ineos facility in Antwerp saying it will make climate crisis worse

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Greenwashing is a creeping crisis: time to take it in hand

Some believe greenwashing poses a threat to a sustainable future

Evening Standard

Dieselgate: millions of ‘extremely’ polluting cars still on Europe’s roads, says report

The research group that first exposed the scandal say ‘it’s not over’ and that governments must act

The Guardian - UK

Scrapping EU laws will undermine Parliament, say legal analysts

Report commissioned by environmental groups say proposed new Bill runs against democratic standards

Wales Online

First Thing: ‘homophobic and antisemitic’ abuse and the Hunter Biden story

Yoel Roth testifies that Elon Musk’s release of records led to harassment. Plus, Shell directors face landmark lawsuits

The Guardian - UK

Shell directors personally sued over ‘flawed’ climate strategy

Claimants ClientEarth say the oil company’s plan puts the company at financial risk as the world transitions to clean energy

The Guardian - UK

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Salon

Emissions don't discriminate, people do

What real estate, oil wells, racism and yogurt containers reveal about the disparate damages caused by fossil fuels

Capital & Main

Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases Do Not Discriminate, But People Do

What real estate, oil wells, racism and yogurt containers reveal about the disparate damages caused by fossil fuels.

The Guardian - UK

Eels facing population collapse, conservation groups warn

Scientists raise concerns after annual fishing talks for key EU waters ended in quotas above those recommended

Evening Standard

Another generation of London children condemned to breathing toxic air by post-Brexit eco-targets delay

Ministers were accused on Tuesday of condemning another generation of children to breathing toxic air in London and other parts of Britain by setting a target to tackle it only by 2040.

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The Conversation

4 lessons for the Albanese government in making its climate targets law. We can’t afford to get this wrong

As the new parliament sits for the first time this week, one issue will be in sharpest focus: enshrining a climate target into law. The Albanese government’s pre-election promise was to cut Australia’s emissions 43% on 2005 levels, by 2030.

The Independent UK

Campaigners hail victory in challenge over Government net zero strategy

Mr Justice Holgate dismissed a number of other grounds of the legal challenge..

The Guardian - UK

Court orders UK government to explain how net zero policies will reach targets

Green activists brought challenge, arguing climate change strategy did not spell out how carbon emissions cuts would be achieved

The Independent UK

Dutch airline KLM sued over alleged 'greenwashing'

Several environmental groups have launched legal action against Dutch airline KLM over advertisements that promote flying as a sustainable form of travel

The Guardian - UK

EU faces legal challenge over plan to fast-track gas projects

NGOs argue priority list was drawn up without consideration of methane emissions

The Guardian - UK

Climate group sues Dutch airline KLM over ‘greenwashing’ adverts

‘Fly Responsibly’ adverts mislead customers on the sustainability of flying with KLM, say campaigners

The Conversation

To stay in the game directors need to rewire corporate missions and bring new faces to the table

In the first ever case of its kind, ClientEarth – a UK-based organisation that works with NGOS to fight legal battles on environmental issues – is taking Shell’s board of directors to court for failing to properly prepare for an energy transition. This involves moving from carbon-emitting fossil fuels in…

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