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Supreme Court hears Big Oil's bid to kill Boulder's climate liability suitIndustry lawyer says justices' questioning favors oil companies
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Phil Goldberg of the Manufacturers' Accountability Project said the court's focus on interstate and global emissions suggested justices may rule that climate liability belongs with federal policymakers, not state courts.
“The justices recognized that the claims in this case go far beyond conduct in any one state, which is why this lawsuit is inherently about interstate and global emissions.”
Phil GoldbergAaron Brockett Boulder MayorClaire Levy Boulder County CommissionerPhil Goldberg Lawyer, Manufacturers' Accountability Project
Steve Marshall Alabama Attorney General
Samuel Alito Supreme Court Justice
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The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call.
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Let’s do this. I’m headed back to SCOTUS. First arguments of term — in a key climate change case — are at 10a. Subscribe now to support another term of my independent legal journalism: https://www. lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-ne w-term-climate-change-case
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Boulder County is one of dozens of jurisdictions suing oil and gas companies to help pay for damage from disasters linked to climate change. The case is part of a wave of climate change litigation across the country and the world, with billions of dollars at stake.
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The Supreme Court will hear a case on Monday concerning whether state and local governments can try to hold oil companies responsible for climate change and the billions of dollars it costs to confront the disasters it creates. Follow live updates.
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I'll be tuning in to the Supreme Court's oral argument in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County this morning--the case that Alito just belatedly recused from--which will determine whether communities can sue polluters to make em pay for the harms they caused to the climate
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The first case to go before the Supreme Court this term deals with whether state and local governments can sue energy companies over their role in climate change.
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The Supreme Court's first case of the new term is an oil company's effort to avoid accountability for climate change harms
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could block one of the last remaining legal paths for holding fossil fuel companies responsible for damage from climate change.
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The Supreme Court kicks off a new term Monday that could significantly shift the law on guns, religion and immigration. Here are six things to know about this term:
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