ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In addition to more intense storms, the municipalities allege other physical climate change impacts, including coral reef degradation and massive algal blooms, as well as social, educational, and economic losses, including increased immigration from the municipalities and damages to the agricultural industry.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The plaintiffs asserted a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and requested that the court award them compensatory and punitive damages. The complaint alleged that Pope Francis specifically identified climate change as a grave threat to humanity. Adorers of the Blood of Christ v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. ,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The State seeks compensatory damages, penalties for violation of the Consumer Fraud Act, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, and costs of suit. The City sought compensatory damages, treble damages under the Unfair Trade Practices Act, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit.

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Court Government Compensatory Damages Litigation 72

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Jacobson demanded damages from Clack and NAS “to be determined at trial believed to be in excess of Ten Million Dollars,” plus punitive damages and attorney fees. Nonetheless, the court reviewed both the 2030 and 2050 targets set by the prior government’s Minister and ruled on their legality. Jacobson v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

The County seeks compensatory and punitive damages, equitable relief, attorney fees and costs of suit, and disgorgement of profits, as well as recovery for injury or loss sustained as a result of practices barred by the Consumer Protection Act.

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