Oklahoma, Utah
"US lawmakers in two red states are attempting to shield the fossil fuel industry from climate liability.
In Oklahoma, a newly introduced bill would bar most civil lawsuits against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis, unless plaintiffs allege violations of specific environmental or labor laws. A similar proposal in Utah would block lawsuits over climate-warming emissions, unless a court finds the defendant violated a statute or permit."
"The American Petroleum Institute will prioritize shielding oil companies from climate liability in 2026.
The plans to “protect” oil companies from “abusive state climate lawsuits” were laid out in a policy agenda yesterday from the API. In an effort to avoid becoming the next Big Tobacco, the oil lobby is hoping to stomp out lawsuits that could result in massive damages, unearth private company documents, and alter their marketing practices, before they reach trial."
https://www.exxonknews.org/p/big-oil-declares-war-on-climate-lawsuits
"A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit President Donald Trump's administration had filed that sought to block the state of Michigan from suing major oil companies in an attempt to hold them responsible for the harms of climate change."
"Three judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a decision by a state judge that allowed Attorney General Keith Ellison’s lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute to proceed in state court.
The ruling comes as the oil industry has accelerated efforts to quash similar lawsuits across the country."
https://www.eenews.net/articles/minnesota-climate-lawsuit-survives-oil-industry-appeal/
"Illinois lawmakers plan to introduce a climate change superfund bill in the state legislature this session, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to make fossil fuel companies pay up for the fast-growing financial fallout of climate change. "
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28012026/amid-national-call-to-make-polluters-pay-illinois-lawmakers-are-prepping-a-climate-change-superfund-bill/
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Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
"Fossil fuel companies could be forced to pay some of the price of their damage to the climate, and the ultra-rich subjected to a global wealth tax, if new tax rules are agreed under the UN."
