Press releases

18 May 2022 - ‘Catastrophic’ REPowerEU proposal prompts legal concerns over nature impacts – ClientEarth
13 May 2022 - EU Court rules Bulgaria broke pollution law – time to get rid of coal, say NGOs
12 May 2022 - EU court condemns Italy over illegal NO2 pollution
05 May 2022 - Top EU court adviser says individuals can sue EU governments over dirty air harm
27 April 2022 - Energy Charter Treaty fundamentally incompatible with EU law, study finds
25 April 2022 - EU Ombudsman reprimands EIB for lack of transparency on funding’s environmental impacts
05 April 2022 - EU must leverage new industrial pollution law to slash “climate-sabotaging emissions” – ClientEarth
25 March 2022 - EU ministers to face legal action for greenlighting ‘flagrant’ overfishing | ClientEarth
23 March 2022 - EU Commission plays into hands of anti-nature lobbies, ignores citizens
15 March 2022 - ClientEarth starts legal action against Shell’s Board over mismanagement of climate risk
09 March 2022 - European Parliament green lights EU support for gas infrastructure - ClientEarth reaction
03 March 2022 - Environmental groups sue TotalEnergies for misleading the public over Net Zero
02 March 2022 - UK Government must defend net zero strategy in court following case permission
02 March 2022 - ClientEarth statement on the invasion of Ukraine
28 February 2022 - ClientEarth responds to latest IPCC report on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
24 February 2022 - "Market signal" as Enel dumps gas conversions at multiple sites in Italy
24 February 2022 - Illegal logging of Romania’s natural forests increases despite court threat – new report
23 February 2022 - New EU corporate sustainability rules: A patchy starting point with need for improvement
23 February 2022 - Chemicals company suffers blow in EU Court on forever chemicals – NGOs reaction
22 February 2022 - Nord Stream 2 cancellation “only rational option” in face of energy crisis – ClientEarth lawyers
16 February 2022 - CJEU ruling against Poland and Hungary is a ‘win for rule of law and the environment’ - lawyers | ClientEarth
10 February 2022 - More than half a million citizens demand action to save thousands of dolphins from fishing nets in France and Spain
8 February 2022 - Legal first: CJEU must decide if ministers broke law with unsustainable fishing limits
4 February 2022 - Environmental lawyers take first step to challenge EU taxonomy in Court
2 February 2022 - Environmental lawyers sound alarm as ink dries on gas in EU taxonomy
21 January 2022 - Fresh legal action launched to block Ineos plastics project in Belgium ‘once and for all’
21 January 2022 - Environmental lawyers eye legal action over gas in EU taxonomy
12 January 2022 - ClientEarth sues UK Government over ‘pie-in-the-sky’ climate strategy
22 December 2021 - EU-UK agreement on fishing limits is bad news for vulnerable fish stocks | ClientEarth
21 December 2021 - New EU State aid rules greenlight public money for climate-damaging projects – ClientEarth reaction | ClientEarth
21 December 2021 - Court win: Game over for plastics lobby in BPA human health impacts case | ClientEarth
17 December 2021 - Ineos must prepare for fresh legal challenge over plastics project
15 December 2021 - ClientEarth on revamped EU law against eco-criminality: gaping holes but encouraging signs | ClientEarth
14 December 2021 - EU ministers risk overfishing while fate of EU-UK shared stocks is still up in the air
9 December 2021 - Experts highly concerned as EU body rejects proposal to exclude hazardous chemicals in diapers
9 December 2021 - Big Four auditors risk legal challenge on climate failings: ClientEarth
6 December 2021 - “Attack on our constitution” – ClientEarth responds to government’s plans for judicial review
3 December 2021 - Questions on legality of ECB lending remain after climate case ruling
3 December 2021 - Shell's Cambo exit: ClientEarth lawyers react
30 November 2021 - Hong Kong Christie’s auction of Xie Nanxing's f o r a d a c a s a #3– 'Artists for ClientEarth'
25 November 2021 - New data shows Bristol logged illegal pollution despite lockdowns
25 November 2021 - New data shows Greater Manchester logged illegal pollution despite lockdowns
25 November 2021 - Delay in proposed microplastics restriction leading to irreversible pollution
24 November 2021 - Lawyers flag uncertainties in Germany's dilute coal commitment
18 November 2021 - Supermarket group faces challenge over plastic failings
17 November 2021 - New EU soil strategy is “ray of hope” for health of people and nature – ClientEarth reaction
17 November 2021 - New EU deforestation law 'welcome, but weak': ClientEarth
15 November 2021 - ClientEarth reaction to COP26 climate summit
15 November 2021 - Fishers and NGOs urge EU countries to stop funding destructive fishing with public money
15 November 2021 - Thousands of needless air pollution deaths as UK government ignores health experts – ClientEarth reaction
15 November 2021 - More than half of EU’s air pollution deaths avoidable had leaders followed science – ClientEarth reaction
10 November 2021 - Media reaction: Environmental lawyers criticise the EU’s support for gas infrastructure
9 November 2021 - Media reaction: UK Environment Bill falls short of world-leading ambition
9 November 2021 - New York Christie’s auction of Rashid Johnson’s Bruise Painting “Or Down You Fall” – ‘Artists for ClientEarth'
5 November 2021 - As world leaders pledge to end coal, Serbia lets polluters continue illegal operations
1 November 2021 - Fears UK set to greenlight Cambo on outdated climate risk analysis: lawyers
26 October 2021 - ClientEarth lawyers set out roadmap to file “breakthrough” resolutions on climate in Europe
22 October 2021 - UK breaching international environmental rights law, UN announces
22 October 2021 - European Parliament puts pressure on Commission to avoid public money for climate-damaging projects
21 October 2021 - EU continues to undermine international environmental treaty by seeking exceptional treatment on subsidies
21 October 2021 - ULEZ expansion a “lifeline for Londoners”
19 October 2021 - Banks’ unconditional support to plastic-heavy business must end – new report
15 October 2021 - New German coal end date means demolition must stop - ClientEarth
15 October 2021 - Christies auction of Cecily Brown’s There’ll Be Bluebirds – Artists For ClientEarth
7 October 2021 - Labelling gas as a green investment is "unlawful" - environmental lawyers
6 October 2021 - Lawyers lodge formal complaint as agriculture pollution pushes Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon to brink
5 October 2021 - ”Hard-won victory” - European Parliament opens EU courts to environmental defenders
4 October 2021 - Abandon Energy Charter Treaty or miss climate goals, lawyers warn Commission
4 October 2021 - European citizens urged to join call to ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships
30 September 2021 - Lawyers take Commission to court to end secrecy of pesticides approval
29 September 2021 - Australia doubles down on climate inaction in Torres Strait complaint
27 September 2021 - Revealed: the culprits behind unsustainable fishing limits in the EU.
24 September 2021 - Media alert: NGOs renew fight to block Antwerp plastics plant as Ineos readies new permit
22 September 2021 - UK reaction: “Wake-up call” for UK Government as WHO drastically tightens its air pollution guidelines
22 September 2021 - EU reaction: “Wake-up call” for EU governments as WHO drastically tightens its pollution guidelines
14 September 2021 - NGOs in EU court battle against “forever chemicals”
14 September 2021 - Banks’ support of Cambo oil field operators is ‘hypocrisy’: ClientEarth lawyers
13 September 2021 - Trouble for Lisbon airport plan as top legal official backs calls to abandon project
9 September 2021 - Supermarkets could face legal action for failure to act on plastic – report
7 September 2021 - Clean air win in the House of Lords a “rebuke” for government – lawyers
7 September 2021 - Global climate laws falling short on reducing emissions, ClientEarth report finds
2 September 2021 - Companies cannot use ECT to sue governments for climate progress, top court says
26 August 2021 - Datteln IV: Court ruling puts German coal phase-out schedule in question
18 August 2021 - ClientEarth files complaints against Just Eat and Carnival over climate failings
9 August 2021 - IPCC report marks ‘final straw’ for hollow climate action: ClientEarth
27 July 2021 - Italy faces legal action as new gas project puts Venice’s dolphins in jeopardy
22 July 2021 - Gallery Climate Coalition, Christie’s and ClientEarth launch Artists for ClientEarth
21 July 2021 - Judicial review: Government ‘part-immunising itself against court rebuke’ - ClientEarth
15 July 2021 - Italy reported to EU over plastics law failure
14 July 2021 - New EU energy laws “clearly insufficient” for climate goals - ClientEarth responds to ‘Fit for 55’
13 July 2021 - EU pulls down barriers for public to challenge environmental wrongdoing in court
8 July 2021 - ECB new climate strategy harmfully missing urgency – ClientEarth reaction
30 June 2021 - EU countries must embrace new system to combat illegal fishing - new study
25 June 2021 - New farm policy deal sets EU green goals up for failure – ClientEarth reaction
25 June 2021 - NGOs call for banning all fossil fuelled vehicles in Brussels by 2030 at the latest
17 June 2021 - Government’s response to Ella report “a disgrace” – lawyers
16 June 2021 - Legal challenge in the Netherlands to close open door for illegal fishing
11 June 2021 - Italy’s biggest coal plant to swap one fossil fuel for another – ClientEarth reaction
10 June 2021 - EU Commission claims complying with access to justice law is to much work
10 June 2021 - Polish people take their government to court as climate impacts hit home
8 June 2021 - Europe’s biggest coal operation to begin shutdown, Polish authorities announce
8 June 2021 - EU court to rule on Bulgarian super-polluter
3 June 2021 - EU-UK deal on fishing limits must pass the reality check on water
1 June 2021 - Bulgarian citizens turn to court over Sofia’s illegal air quality
1 June 2021 - A new Clean Air Zone goes live in Birmingham
28 May 2021 - Polish government’s agreement with miners ‘very unlikely’ to get the green light in Brussels – environmental lawyers
26 May 2021 - ClientEarth lawyers respond to ground-breaking Dutch court climate-ruling against Shell
20 May 2021 - EU Parliament champions compliance with international rule of law
12 May 2021 - Zero Pollution Action Plan presents next to zero increase in clean air ambition
2 May 2021 - Media reaction: Flexible catch limits could undermine EU, UK sustainability commitments
29 April 2021 - Majority of Londoners support expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone
22 April 2021 - European Parliament vote takes EU closer to compliance with international access to justice law
21 April 2021 - Bad outlook for German coal companies as Commission casts doubt on compensation package
21 April 2021 - Brussels groups call for greater pollution action as coroner confirms lax laws are killer
21 April 2021 - Coroner issues report on preventing future air pollution deaths - ClientEarth reaction
19 April 2021 - Lawyers act as billions promised to Romania’s biggest coal operator breach State aid rules
19 April 2021 - Fossil fuel advertising misleading on climate: lawyers
13 April 2021 - ClientEarth sues over climate impact of ECB policy
29 March 2021 - €3bn Ineos plastics project in doubt as company drops inadequate permit
24 March 2021 - Media reaction: ClientEarth responds to North Sea deal
22 March 2021 - NGOs win right to take EU Commission to court over environment-harming subsidies
19 March 2021 - EU Commission denounced for failure to consider environmental, social impacts of South American trade deal
18 March 2021 - UK on track to miss 2020 and 2030 legal targets for toxic pollution - government data show
15 March 2021 - First Clean Air Zone outside of London launches in Bath
10 March 2021 - Media reaction: UK Government’s draft policy statement on environmental principles
09 March 2021 - Plastic burning will make net zero impossible for waste sector
05 March 2021 - New maps reveal toxic air in Brussels has been going undetected
04 March 2021 - Top court confirms UK has broken air pollution law
02 March 2021 - Coal players should worry as Commission examines Germany’s promised payouts – ClientEarth
25 February 2021 - EU Commission illegally allowed use of toxic chemical DEHP in recycled plastic – Advocate General
25 February 2021 - EU court closes door to unjustified use of dangereous chemicals
24 February 2021 - European Commission urged to take Hungary to task for failing to protect its Great Lakes
17 February 2021 - Media reaction: Environmental Audit Committee report on the UK’s resilient recovery
11 February 2021 - HSBC told to back climate resolution in line with legal obligations
10 February 2021 - ClientEarth responds: Drax gas mega-plant in doubt
10 February 2021 - EU fight against illegal fishing must go digital, fast – new ClientEarth reports
4 February 2021 - RWE coal compensation claim shows why EU must leave Energy Charter Treaty – lawyers
4 February 2021 - Majority of largest UK companies ‘woefully’ failing on climate change reporting
29 January 2021 - ClientEarth and Brussels residents win five-year legal battle for clean air
27 January 2021 - ClientEarth wins court case against EIB over 'green' scrutiny
26 January 2021 - Media reaction: UK Environment Bill is delayed again
25 January 2021 - Media reaction: Environmental Audit Committee's letter to the Bank of England
21 January 2021 - Court upholds gas plant approval but sets important climate planning precedent
19 January 2021 - Green groups petition EU over Bulgaria’s untackled SO₂ pollution
19 January 2021 - UN committee urges EU to comply with international law on access to justice
15 January 2021 - Ineos cuts major plastics investment in wake of court action, reports say
14 January 2021 - NGOs urge the European Parliament to end secrecy in how fishing rules are enforced
18 December 2020 - Resist BP and gas industry lobbying to call gas ‘sustainable’: lawyers
17 December 2020 - EU ministers rush access to justice position at expense of legal compliance
17 December 2020 - Final court hearing: Brussels authorities deny toxic air indicated by own monitoring stations
17 December 2020 - First EU fishing limits post-Brexit miss the mark on sustainability, ClientEarth
16 December 2020 - Excessive air pollution contributed to Ella’s death - ClientEarth comment
16 December 2020 - EU court overrules plastics lobby, confirms BPA dangerous for wildlife
15 December 2020 - Media alert: Final court hearing in Brussels toxic air case this Thursday
10 December 2020 - Media alert: After injunction success, NGOs head back to court to block Ineos plastic plant
07 December 2020 - Poland’s energy sector shakeup would torpedo EU climate targets – report
04 December 2020 - Polish Government to face EU’s top court for systemic failure to safeguard protected forests
03 December 2020 - Datteln IV: ClientEarth joins legal action against Germany’s newest coal plant
01 December 2020 - Thousands of dolphin deaths likely in Spain and France as EU fails to act
26 November 2020 - Media reaction: Fisheries Act fails to deliver UK environmental leadership
25 November 2020 - State aid: European Commission pauses over German lignite deals
23 November 2020 - New EU air data confirms current laws do not protect people’s health – ClientEarth lawyers
18 November 2020 - ClientEarth welcomes the UK ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030
16 November 2020 - Strengthen microplastics ban, experts urge EU in new report
13 November 2020 - Flemish court backs move to block Antwerp plastics plant
10 November 2020 - CJEU toxic air ruling must prompt “complete turnaround” in Italy – ClientEarth
9 November 2020 - Ineos faces emergency legal action to block Antwerp plastics plants
2 November 2020 - Pension legal settlement could set off domino effect
28 October 2020 - NGOs applaud UK government suggestion to close Dogger Bank to fishing
23 October 2020 - European Parliament CAP vote shamefully disregards climate mandate – ClientEarth lawyers
22 October 2020 - Bududa landslide victims take Ugandan Government to court
21 October 2020 - ClientEarth publishes key principles for ‘Paris-aligned’ strategies
19 October 2020 - Stronger laws key to protect nature in the EU and globally – ClientEarth lawyers
14 October 2020 - Commission proposal to strengthen access to justice tackles main obstacle but falls short overall
14 October 2020 - EU Commission presents its plan to tackle methane emissions – ClientEarth reaction
14 October 2020 - ClientEarth welcomes ambitious EU chemicals strategy
13 October 2020 - Leeds abandons Clean Air Zone plans – ClientEarth reaction
13 October 2020 - Media reaction: Stronger control of EU fisheries should extend to its imports – ClientEarth lawyers
8 October 2020 - New data shows 75% of UK ‘zones’ illegally polluted – don’t pause action now, say lawyers
8 October 2020 - Court cases double German air pollution cuts – new analysis
1 October 2020 - State aid for recovery is either green or illegal – ClientEarth lawyers
1 October 2020 - Marine experts call for end to illegal fishing on the Dogger Bank in new report
30 September 2020 - Torres Strait Islander claimants in historic climate case ramp up their campaign
23 September 2020 - Breaking: EU’s biggest coal plant must negotiate closure with environmental lawyers, court decides
18 September 2020 - Dieselgate anniversary: lawyers demand facts as consumers still in dark over potential emissions manipulation
16 September 2020 - New report addresses dangerous gaps in EU rules on hormone disruptors
8 September 2020 - UK’s biggest seafood businesses urge Government to put sustainability at heart of Fisheries Bill
7 September 2020 - Report: Green investments can generate up to 6 times more jobs in the Belchatow region than is currently created by the lignite complex
26 August 2020 - ClientEarth responds to new UK consultation on pension schemes
19 August 2020 - A “short-sighted” decision – ClientEarth responds to Clean Air Zone plans being paused in Leeds
14 August 2020 - Australian Government denies responsibility for climate-threatened Torres Strait
7 August 2020 - Republic of Congo passes historic new forest governance laws to help preserve world’s ‘second lung’
21 July 2020 - ClientEarth appeals High Court judgment upholding approval of Drax gas plant
10 July 2020 - European Ombudsman: Commission must answer questions over failure to consider environmental, social impacts of South American trade deal
8 July 2020 - Lawyers warn Commission over ‘illegal’ and conscious failure to align CAP reform proposal with Green Deal
2 July 2020 - Commission takes legal action against France, Spain and Sweden to protect marine mammals
2 July 2020 - Tackle illegal logging or face court, Commission warns Romanian government
25 June 2020 - EIB fights scrutiny of “green” decisions in court
24 June 2020 - British public oppose government support for polluting vehicles
22 June 2020 - Lawyers reveal German coal law lets companies “hold government to ransom” on climate action
22 June 2020 - ClientEarth joins court case which could transform French electricity market
17 June 2020 - BP greenwashing complaint sets precedent for action on misleading ad campaigns
15 June 2020 - EU failed to consider environmental and social impacts of South American trade deal: complaint
11 June 2020 - Savers: Pension funds should say how much they invest in fossil fuel companies
5 June 2020 - Deforestation-free businesses and finance should be new norm in UK: briefing
4 June 2020 - Court challenge to “illegal” Lisbon airport plan over wetland threat
3 June 2020 - UK car industry wants £1.5bn scheme for diesel and petrol cars
3 June 2020 - Reintroducing harmful subsidies with Covid-19 excuse would threaten fisheries sector, lawyers warn
3 June 2020 - Companies must commit to climate conditions to receive UK assistance: ClientEarth
27 May 2020 - Questions remain unanswered about BPs climate ‘advocacy’: ClientEarth
26 May 2020 - Scientists call for immediate EU action to protect dolphins and porpoises following NGO request
26 May 2020 - Germany sued over major national air pollution failures
22 May 2020 - ClientEarth responds to High Court judgment on Drax gas plant approval challenge
20 May 2020 - Greater Manchester delays its plans to tackle air pollution – ClientEarth reaction
20 May 2020 - Lawyers react to new EU strategies: ambition welcome but policy clashes must be resolved
20 May 2020 - PLN 1bn hit for companies as Poland’s newest coal project becomes stranded asset
15 May 2020 - EU issues legal warning as Bulgarian and Polish governments block right to clean air
1 May 2020 - Trouble for automakers as EU top court advisor condemns defeat devices
30 April 2020 - Approval of Europe’s largest gas plant unlawful: ClientEarth lawyers
30 April 2020 - EU Ombudsman deplores Council’s disregard for democracy following lawyers’ complaint
30 April 2020 - Major Ineos plastics refinery faces delays after legal action
30 April 2020 - Update: High Court challenge to UK government over Drax gas plan decision
24 April 2020 - Lawyers warn Timmermans over climate impact of proposed investment treaty reform
22 April 2020 - Environmental groups pursue new legal action over destruction of Romania’s natural forests
6 April 2020 - Barclays’ pioneering climate resolution presents “historic opportunity” – lawyers
13 March 2020 - Court greenlights EUGAL gas pipeline, despite ignored climate impacts
12 March 2020 - Lawyers act as public money used to evict people for coal mines in Romania
11 March 2020 - ClientEarth welcomes cash influx to fight air pollution
11 March 2020 - Court hearing as German landowner challenges Nord Stream 2 on climate grounds
6 March 2020 - Environmental lawyers respond to a major new move by the UK’s financial regulator on climate risks
4 March 2020 - “Start now, not in ten years’ time” – ClientEarth responds to the European Climate law
3 March 2020 - Two biggest recipients of EU fisheries fund misused EU tax payer money, report finds
2 March 2020 - Lawyers call for EU crack down on illegal waste burning in coal plants
27 February 2020 - Back climate resolution to fulfil legal duties, Barclays directors urged
20 February 2020 - ClientEarth lawyers respond to FRC climate reporting review
14 February 2020 - Climate victory: Companies put Poland’s last new coal plant on ice
12 February 2020 - ClientEarth reaction to BP ceasing advertising campaign
12 February 2020 - EU announces legal action against Romania for illegal logging of Europe’s last natural forests
30 January 2020 - The UK Environment Bill is another missed opportunity for clean air: environmental lawyers
30 January 2020 - Lawyers challenge UK Government approval of Europe’s largest gas plant
17 January 2020 - Immoral, short-sighted and a climate failure: lawyers respond to Germany’s coal phase-out plan
13 January 2020 - New Greek power plant cancelled in major NGO court win
4 December 2019 - Lawyers take action against BP's climate "greenwashing" advertising campaign