Climate Litigation News Updates | January 5-9, 2026

The latest climate litigation news and case developments are added on a rolling basis to the Climate Court litigation tracker, giving you continuous access to the most important climate lawsuits, environmental protection disputes, biodiversity cases, and climate-related litigation worldwide. Our global database brings together expert case summaries, primary court documents, judicial decisions, and live updates from national and international courts.

Whether you follow corporate climate accountability claims, challenges to government climate policy, or climate-related human rights litigation, Climate Court helps you stay ahead of the legal developments shaping climate and environmental law.

Below you’ll find this week’s latest climate litigation updates, organised by day to make it easy to track the most recent filings, rulings, and procedural milestones. This page is refreshed daily as new climate cases emerge across jurisdictions. For earlier coverage, you can explore prior weeks on our Resources page.

January 5

No climate litigation updates.

January 6

United States:

• Community Groups Appeal Air Permit Allowing Expanded Tire Burning at Seattle Cement Plant Over Health and Environmental Concerns: air permitting, public health, environmental justice

  
  

• New Jersey Appellate Court Upholds Environmental Justice Rules, Blocking New Pollution in Overburdened Communities: environmental justice, permitting limits, cumulative impacts

January 7

United States:

• California Appeals Court Reinstates Citgo as Defendant in Cities’ Climate Deception Lawsuit: jurisdiction, climate deception, fossil fuels

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ends Appeals, Leaving RGGI Carbon Program Defunct: carbon markets, executive authority, state climate policy

January 8

Norway:

• Mining Company Rejects Injunction Bid to Halt Fjord Tailings Disposal, Says Climate Claims Are Irrelevant: fjord tailings disposal, interim injunction, mining permit dispute

January 9

Chile:

• Chilean Appeals Court Annuls Water Pollution Convictions of Former Nova Austral Executives: aquaculture pollution, criminal law, evidentiary standards

United States:

• Everglades Groups Urge Appeals Court to Reinstate Injunction Against “Alligator Alcatraz” Detention Site: immigration detention, environmental law, federal injunction

  
  

• Center for Biological Diversity Sues Trump Administration Over Denial of Endangered Species Act Protections for Rio Grande Cooter Turtle: endangered species, climate impacts, administrative law

• New York AG Challenges Federal Stop-Work Order on Sunrise Wind Project: offshore wind, federal permitting, administrative law

  
  

• New York AG Sues Over Federal Halt to Empire Wind, First Offshore Project Powering NYC: offshore wind, energy infrastructure, climate policy

  
  

• Maine Court Rejects Juniper Ridge Landfill Expansion Over Environmental Justice Failures: landfill expansion, environmental justice, Indigenous rights

All of this week’s climate litigation updates are available in full in the Climate Court litigation tracker, where subscribers can access in-depth summaries, original court filings, and real-time tracking of climate and environmental lawsuits from around the world.

Monitoring climate litigation is increasingly vital for businesses, legal professionals, NGOs, investors, and policymakers, as court decisions now directly influence corporate sustainability strategies, regulatory compliance, and climate risk management. Staying informed allows companies to anticipate legal exposure, enables lawyers and consultants to guide clients effectively, and helps the wider public follow how climate litigation is driving accountability and environmental justice worldwide.