US EditionBoulder scores win in climate lawsuit against Suncor, Exxon
- In May 2025, the Denver City Council voted unanimously against approving a $25 million agreement with Suncor Energy, citing the Commerce City refinery’s ongoing breaches of air and water quality regulations.
- This rejection followed opposition from Adams County officials and health representatives against Holly Energy’s plan to nearly double fuel pumping through its Henderson terminal, highlighting growing local resistance to oil and gas expansions.
- Local governments, including Adams County and Commerce City, have fought previous expansions such as the Magellan Pipeline near an elementary school, while environmentalists and officials cite pollution’s toll on disproportionately impacted communities.
- The oil and gas industry provides nearly $2 billion in annual tax revenue and employs 303,000 workers in Colorado, yet critics argue that permit limits are ineffective and pollution harms public health, with one official stating the county is scaling staff to ‘go toe-to-toe with the producers.’
- This local pushback reflects rising concern over environmental and health impacts, suggesting continued tensions between economic benefits from oil and gas and community demands for protection and stronger regulation.
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Climate cases: Boulder's OK'd, Trump sued and a $7K plagiarism penalty
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Colorado's supreme court will let climate change litigation brought by Boulder move forward, giving the alliance of plaintiff lawyers and government officials a ray of hope after five rulings that said otherwise.Companies like Exxon and Chevron face dozens of cases brought around the country and had scored five dismissals in a row until the Colorado Supreme Court ruled May 12 to deny Exxon and Suncor's motion to dismiss…
Boulder’s landmark lawsuit against Suncor, Exxon can proceed, Colorado Supreme Court rules
BOULDER, Colo. The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a landmark lawsuit brought by the City of Boulder and Boulder County against Suncor and Exxon can continue.The governments filed the lawsuit in 2018, claiming the companies violated state law by contributing to climate change and misleading the public about the role fossil fuels play in climate change. The governments argued that the companies should be forced to pay for some of the …
Boulder's lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, Suncor allowed to continue
DENVER (KDVR) — A lawsuit that accuses Exxon Mobil and Suncor of contributing to climate change through fossil fuel activities was allowed to continue under a Colorado Supreme Court ruling made Monday. Boulder County, alongside San Miguel County and the city of Boulder, originally brought the lawsuit in April 2018 "for the costs that they face due to climate harms, and for decades of misinformation." Suncor accused of violating Clean Air Ac…
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Colorado Supreme Court green-lights lawsuit over climate change impacts to Boulder County
The Colorado Supreme Court permitted Boulder County and the city of Boulder on Monday to proceed with their lawsuit against two fossil fuel corporations over alleged local harms caused by the effects of climate change.
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