Lawyers

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  Climate change lawsuits have nearly tripled in last 10 years, new study reveals

  Compensation for three types of lawsuits—climate damages, misleading advertising claims, and emissions reduction—has grown considerably in recent years.

• Volkswagen Agreed to Compensate U.S. Customers $5,000 in Dieselgate

  German carmaker has reached an agreement with judge to pay settlement to its U.S. customers related to its emission scandal. VW also has to fix its 600,000 diesel cars sold in the United States.

• Lawyers say EU new proposed emissions test regulations are illegal

  A legal analysis said that the EU new proposed emissions test procedures are illegal under EU laws. The lawyers advised the Parliaments to block the new emissions test regulations.

• Ten people in Oregon file individual lawsuits against VW

  Ten people in Oregon filed six individual lawsuits against VW over the emission test cheating case. The lawsuits seek $150,000 in total.

• California Governor declares state of emergency over LA massive gas leak

  California Governor Jerry Brown declared sate of emergency over a massive gas leak in LA neighborhood. The gas leak that was discovered since October has sickened thousands residents and forced them to evacuate.

• VW engineers admitted rigging CO2 emissions: Bild

  Several Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) engineers have admitted manipulating carbon dioxide emissions data because goals set by former Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn were difficult to achieve, Bild am Sonntag reported.

• VW's new CEO under pressure as emissions scandal hits Porsche

  Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) was facing fresh questions on Tuesday after U.S. regulators widened their accusations of emissions- test cheating against the German carmaker to include the luxury Porsche brand previously run by its new CEO.

• Porsche, more Audi models pulled into VW emissions scandal

  Volkswagen used devices to cheat air pollution tests in diesel luxury vehicles, U.S. environmental regulators said on Monday, in a new blow to the automaker already reeling from similar allegations regarding millions of smaller diesel engines.

• VW has no evidence against suspended top engineers: source

  Volkswagen has not found any evidence against three top engineers suspended as part of its internal investigation into the rigging of U.S. emissions tests, a source close to the company's supervisory board told Reuters on Monday.

• Volkswagen's U.S. chief to testify before House panel on October 8

  Volkwagen AG's (VOWG_p.DE) top U.S. executive will testify on Oct. 8 before a U.S. congressional oversight panel about the German automaker's emissions cheating scandal involving 11 million vehicles worldwide, a panel spokesman said on Thursday.

• Volkswagen to refit cars affected by emissions scandal

  Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) said on Tuesday it will repair up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its namesake brand following the scandal over its rigging of emissions tests.

• German government denies it knew of diesel rigging

  Germany's transport minister denied on Wednesday that he had known about the technology Volkswagen used to rig emissions tests despite a government acknowledgment only months ago of a general gap between 'test' and on-road emissions.

• Volkswagen chief faces grilling by board over diesel scandal

  Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn faced a reckoning with his board on Wednesday, summoned to explain how the company falsified U.S. emissions tests in the biggest scandal in the 78-year history of the world's largest car maker.

• Supreme Court to weigh challenge to Obama mercury air pollution rule

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh a challenge by industry groups and some states to an Obama administration regulation intended to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants.