Coverage of courtroom battles, Supreme Court rulings, and lawsuits holding polluters accountable.
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The Supreme Court agreed to hear Suncor and ExxonMobil v. Boulder on February 23, 2026 — a case that could void dozens of climate accountability lawsuits nationwide. But the real story isn't the preemption argument. It's what Big Oil has been hiding since 1954, and what a courtroom could finally force into the open.
With the EPA's repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding set to take effect April 20, three concurrent lawsuits are now active in the D.C. Circuit — a 17-organization coalition led by NRDC and Earthjustice, a constitutional youth case (Venner v. EPA) filed by Our Children's Trust, and a 24-state attorney general coalition. Here is the full legal map.
Within hours of the EPA's Endangerment Finding repeal entering the Federal Register on February 18, 2026, two major lawsuits hit the D.C. Circuit. A 17-group coalition and 18 young Americans are fighting back — and the clock is ticking until April 20.