In Layla v. Commonwealth of Virginia, the plaintiffs are taking on what they call the state’s legacy of fossil fuel permitting and reliance on fossil fuels as a major ...
, the plaintiffs are taking on what they call the state’s legacy of fossil fuel permitting and reliance on fossil fuels as a major energy source. They claim that “Virginia has violated its public trust duty to protect elements of the public domain, including atmosphere, required to preserve constitutional rights”. Oral arguments in that case are expected to begin in the Virginia State Supreme Court in Richmond this fall.
is pending in the European Court of Human Rights. Six Portuguese youth filed suit against their and 32 other countries alleging that nonaction or refusal to take action against climate change violates their human rights. The 2020 case is pending. In 2021, aruled that returning a Bangladeshi migrant to his heavily climate-affected country would be a violation of his human rights in a case believed to pave the way for climate-induced migration.
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