Karen Zraick

A second Trump administration could stop defending the E.P.A. against lawsuits attacking its climate policies. Other effects might be more far-reaching.

The Oregon lawsuit alleges that the utility knew of the dangers of burning fossil fuels and misled its customers.

The Supreme Court’s decision to not temporarily block an E.P.A. rule this week signals ‘rising influence’ of Justice Barrett, one analyst said.

As storms intensify, so do the legal clashes with insurers, aid agencies and others over compensation, rebuilding and even scams.

The lawsuit, seeking ‘multiple billions of dollars,’ opens a new front in the legal battles with oil and gas companies over climate and environmental issues.

An environmental group said the company, a major food producer, was misleading shoppers with its claims about eco-friendly practices.

The case argues the government violated young people’s constitutional rights by failing to curb the use of fossil fuels. A lower court had thrown it out.

The courts have become one of the most important battlegrounds in the fight over planet-warming emissions. Here are prominent cases to watch.

The suit challenges a measure that prohibits state entities like retirement funds from doing business with firms that “boycott energy companies.”

President Grover Cleveland made it a national holiday in 1894, during a crisis over federal efforts to end a strike by railroad workers.