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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It’s #EarthDay , and Big Oil is still lying.

Polluters can no longer deny climate change, so they engage in a new kind of deception: falsely claiming to be part of solutions.

We’re releasing a new guide to help identify and counter these 5 #BigOilLies ⬇️

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Happy Earth Day! There are now more than 1000 ad and PR agencies that have pledged not to work with fossil fuel clients with Clean Creatives!

Very proud of this milestone and the team that made it happen.

🎧Episode 3 of Sustainable Law Podcast is available to listen to on our website & iTunes
⛽️The Burning Question - Should Law Firms Work For Fossil Fuels?
👉We spoke to Sophia Adams bhatti, Head of Purpose & Impact at Simmons & Simmons & Haley Czarnek of Law Students for Climate Accountability
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1/7🧵This morning doctors and members of the public are at the GMC to demand action on the climate and health emergency. The GMC's responsibilities include setting medical standards and safeguarding population health. #ActNowGMC - tinyurl.com/28wvle4q

BREAKING: Our Supreme Court just smashed the right to mass protest in 3 states by refusing to review an extremist decision from a lower court. If one person in a peaceful protest commits an illegal act, the protest organizers will face catastrophic liability.

Outrageous attempt

Hmmm. Dubai got a year’s worth of rain in 4 hours. Maybe it really is time to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ cnn.com/2024/04/16/wea…

A joyous, full circle moment with Camila Bustos this weekend—from NDEL conference organizers during law school to panelists this year! Thank you to all the speakers, organizers, and Law Students for Climate Accountability for a fantastic conference on climate accountability 🌱

Our keynote speaker ColettePichonBattle from Taproot Earth joins us via Zoom because in her own words, to be a movement lawyer means you sometimes have to cancel travel plans and be home after 10 tornadoes have hit your home (Louisiana) this month.

“We can change 2030 from a point of no return to a liberation horizon” ColettePichonBattle Taproot Earth #climatecrisis #environmentaljustice

“We have to build laws that allow us to live dignified lives in the places we love” ColettePichonBattle Taproot Earth Law Students for Climate Accountability #ClimateJustice

Heading in to New York University Law School today to talk to students about corporate attacks on human rights defenders -- including Chevron's illegal prosecution of me after our team won the Ecuador pollution case.

Tks Law Students for Climate Accountability⁩ for the support and leadership.🙏👊

We are kicking off the 12th New Directions in Environmental Law conference at NYU Law. Our dear Pace | Haub Environmental Law Professor josh galperin 🇺🇸 shared some history about NDEL. I'm so proud and thrilled to be here 🌿⚖️

Legal industry climate accountability doesn't just apply to law firms; it extends to academics, individual lawyers and judges.

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#ls4ca #lsca #climate #climate accountability Law Students for Climate Accountability

I'm kvelling!! The @Ls4CA New Directions in Environmental Law Conference (Apr. 13-14) has an incredible array of speakers including THREE former students and CUNY School of Law alums!! New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation Patrick Foster, Andrew Saavedra and Moira Meltzer-Cohen! #environmentaljustice #climatejustice

Applications close this week!

We’re officially two weeks out from the New Directions in Environmental Law conference! You can find the final schedule, CLE info, and RSVP link at the link. We hope to see you there! ls4ca.org/blog-show-all/…