Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | August 24-28, 2026

This page tracks the latest climate litigation news, including key rulings, new filings, and procedural developments from courts around the world. The Climate Court Litigation Tracker covers climate lawsuits, environmental and biodiversity cases, greenwashing claims, and corporate climate accountability litigation.

Updates are organised by the date rulings and/or updates were added to the Litigation Tracker. If you are looking for earlier updates and archived coverage, those are all available in the Resources section.

August 24

Canada:

• Indigenous Group Challenges Ring of Fire Road Approval Over Climate and Treaty Impacts: Peatland carbon sinks, Indigenous and Treaty rights, impact assessment litigation

Germany:

• Continental Agrees to End Misleading Climate-Neutrality Advertising: Greenwashing, future climate claims, consumer protection

Indonesia:

• Indigenous Groups Challenge Indonesia’s Conservation Law: Indigenous land rights, conservation governance, nature-based climate action

United States:

• Oil Industry Groups Challenge New York’s Emissions Reporting Program: Greenhouse gas reporting, fossil fuel industry litigation, constitutional challenge

  
  

• Court Dismisses Offshore Drilling Challenge as Premature: Offshore drilling, presidential authority, standing

August 25

United States:

• Ninth Circuit Rejects Oceana Challenge to Alaska Fisheries Plans on Standing Grounds: Bottom trawling, marine ecosystem protection, environmental standing

August 26

Australia:

• ACCR Withdraws Appeal in Santos Greenwashing Case: Greenwashing, net-zero claims, corporate climate disclosure

  
  

Mexico:

• Mexican Supreme Court Orders Protection of Mayan Communities from Pesticide-Contaminated Water: Indigenous environmental rights, precautionary principle, water pollution

  
  

August 27

United States:

• Environmental Groups Back Challenge to Border Construction in Big Bend: Biodiversity protection, environmental law waivers, public lands litigation

  
  

• Tribe and Conservation Groups Challenge Major Tongass Logging Project: Forest carbon sinks, old-growth logging, Indigenous rights

August 28

Canada:

• Applicants Defend Landmark Challenge to Canada’s 2030 Climate Plan: Climate accountability, emissions reduction plans, government inaction

United States:

• Environmental Groups Challenge Federal Order Extending Orlando Coal Plant’s Life: Coal phase-out, emergency energy powers, clean energy transition

  
  

• Nebraska Challenges Climate-Risk Scores for Residential Properties: Climate-risk disclosure, climate analytics, consumer protection

  
  

• California Challenges Federal Buyout Cancelling Offshore Wind Project: Offshore wind, renewable energy obstruction, executive spending powers

• Federal Court Upholds Oregon’s Polluter-Pays Recycling Law: Extended producer responsibility, plastic pollution, polluter pays

  
  

• Industry Coalition Seeks to Block New Mexico’s PFAS Labeling Rule: PFAS regulation, compelled disclosure, product labeling

  
  

• D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC Approval of CP2 LNG Project: LNG infrastructure, NEPA review, climate impacts

Subscribers can access detailed case analyses, original pleadings, and real-time updates through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker. As climate litigation increasingly influences corporate conduct, regulation, and climate-risk governance, timely legal insight is essential for practitioners, businesses, investors, civil society, and policymakers.