Environmental Protection
The Battle for Climate Change Accountability
CAC President Elizabeth Wydra joined scholars, litigators, journalists and former public officials to discuss the legal foundations for seeking accountability from fossil fuel companies, as well as the importance of state attorney general investigations in the face of federal opposition or inaction.
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October 5, 2026
CAC Release: To Escape Financial Liability for Global Warming Harms, Oil and Gas Companies Present Supreme Court with a Result in Search of a Rationale
WASHINGTON, DC – Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Suncor Energy...
U.S. Supreme Court
Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County
In Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, the Supreme Court is considering whether oil and gas companies that caused significant economic harm to Colorado residents by exacerbating climate change can be held accountable...
May 29, 2025
CAC Release: Supreme Court Greenlights Railroad Project Despite Risk of Grave Environmental Impacts
WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s decision at the Supreme Court in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition...
December 10, 2024
RELEASE: Some Justices Seem Skeptical of Most Extreme Arguments Seeking to Limit the Scope of the National Environmental Policy Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Seven County...
U.S. Supreme Court
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County
In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, the Supreme Court considered whether the National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to study all the reasonably foreseeable environmental effects of proposed projects before approving them.
May 25, 2023
RELEASE: Court Rewrites Clean Water Act to Protect Private Land Development at the Expense of…Clean Water
WASHINGTON, DC – Following the Supreme Court’s announcement of its decision in Sackett v. EPA,...