Supreme Court to Weigh Oil-Industry Effort to End a Major Climate Suit
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a significant climate lawsuit involving Exxon Mobil and Suncor, which challenges whether oil companies can be sued in state courts for their role in global warming.
- The case, originating from Boulder, Colorado, seeks to hold these companies liable under state laws for climate change impacts and is part of about three dozen similar lawsuits filed by various governments across the U.S.
- The oil companies have argued that such cases should be handled in federal court due to the complexity of greenhouse gas emissions regulation, but lower courts have rejected these attempts, and the Supreme Court initially declined to intervene.
- The recent decision to hear the case reflects increased efforts by the oil industry and the Trump administration to halt climate lawsuits nationwide, citing
