exclusive: Columbia, Tulane, and UVA students have just filed legal complaints saying the schools' investments in fossil fuels are illegal

they come as Columbia faces outrage for its treatment of students protesting the war in Gaza

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Taking Big Oil to court for 'climate homicide' isn't as far-fetched as it sounds grist.org/accountability…

The idea of “climate homicide” is getting attention in law schools and district attorney’s offices around the country. A paper published in Harvard Environmental Law Review

'At its heart, greenwashing is about wasting time, time that we can never get back'

Ben Franta at #ijf24

In Perugia for journalism festival! You can find me later today with Ben Franta on the fight against climate obstruction from journalism to litigation, and tomorrow with climatologist Luca Mercalli on the climate crisis and disinformation. Translation Eng-Ita & viceversa available.

'A paper published in Harvard University Environmental Law Review last week argues that... oil giants’ awareness that their pollution could have lethal consequences solidly fits within the definition of homicide.'
grist.org/accountability…

The subheadline of this piece is, 'Are fossil fuel companies guilty of actual murder?'

Big Oil caused the climate crisis. They knew they were causing it. They lied to keep causing it. And now people are dying. Sounds like murder to us.
grist.org/accountability…

Without our continued burning of fossil fuels, extreme heat in Sahel that killed hundreds ay the end of Ramadan would not have happened. New World Weather Attribution study worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-sahel-…

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'Overruled! The fight against climate deception and obstruction, from investigative journalism to the courtroom'.
#ijf24 with
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Here's the keynote from Ben Franta at Salem State for Earth Day on 'Legal Action for Climate Justice'. Engaging talk plus a thought-provoking Q&A. Thanks to Ben and Oxford Sustainable Law Programme! #ClimateLitigation #EarthDay
youtube.com/watch?v=4LcqUc… #ClimateJustice #EarthDay

I think this 45-min conversation between Sophus zu Ermgassen and Ben Franta is essential listening for anyone trying to understand and deepen links between ecological economics and climate litigation (like me!)

Very excited to host Ben Franta at Salem State on April 9th at 1.30EST. Open to the public. Register here: lnkd.in/et3-SWhZ