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On October 24, 2018, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood sued Exxon for defrauding investors about the business risks of climate change. Of course, Exxon will probably deny that it committed fraud. But, in anticipation of this day, the oil giant has spent the last two years preparing a far more insidious legal defense: that its fraud is actually protected [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Professor Monte Mills of the University of Montana's Alexander Blewett III School of Law discusses the Dakota Accesss and Keystone XL's joint impact on tribal treaty rights ... On March 23, Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. , the...

JURIST Guest Columnist James M. Grijalva discusses the recent controversy concerning the Dakota Access Pipeline...As spring emerged on the northern plains in late March, news broke of unrelated but congenerous developments in the long running sagas of two oil pipelines...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a case filed by the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority against 97 defendants involved...

Murray Energy Corporation , the largest privately owned coal company in the US, filed a lawsuit last Thursday in an attempt to block new regulations promulgated by the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) ....

Australian officials on Monday said that a Hague-based international tribunal lacks jurisdiction to set a border between Australia and East Timor. East Timor invoked this "conciliation commission" in the hopes that it would put pressure on Australia to...

JURIST Guest Columnist Dwight Newman of the University of Saskatchewan discusses what is happening with recent leave decisions related to Indigenous rights and Canadian energy regulation.... The Supreme Court of Canada's decision to grant leave to appeal in the Clyde...

The Israel High Court of Justice on Sunday decided to strike down a deal that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made last December to initiate development of an offshore natural gas field. The natural gas field...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday prohibiting the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enforcing...

Pennsylvania has long incorporated its advantageous position atop deposits of oil and coal into its economy. As technological advancement in the 21st century meant greater access to - and utilization of - natural gas reserves trapped in shale, Governor Tom...