Back in 2010, I was assigned by Inside Climate News (it was called “Solve Climate” back then) to cover a new sort of lawsuit, one that looked at greenhouse gas pollution and the climate changes it causes as a nuisance, something that could be dealt with via available laws and
There’s a great searchable database (two actually - US and “rest-of-the-world”) of litigation here.
From the About page:
Edit: For example, here’s a quick list of all 37 climate change cases involving Exxon.