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Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giants Is Dismissed

The legal claim, one of a raft of lawsuits across the country, had accused companies of a yearslong disinformation campaign about climate change.

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Judge Roger M. Young wrote that his court lacked jurisdiction and that the issue fell under federal law, not state law.
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Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.

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Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s climate change minister, in The Hague on Wednesday.
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