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Supreme Court Hears Suncor v. Boulder Climate Case
Original: Key Takeaways from Suncor v. Boulder Oral Argument at SCOTUS
The US Supreme Court heard oral argument in Suncor v. Boulder, a case brought by the Colorado city seeking to hold major oil companies, including Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil, liable for local climate change costs. Commentators and legal analysts are dissecting the arguments for signals on whether state-law climate liability lawsuits can proceed in state courts, a question with major consequences for dozens of similar cases across the country.
Why now: The Supreme Court's decision could determine the fate of numerous climate liability lawsuits filed by US cities against fossil fuel companies.
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