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The Surprising Allies Backing Boulder's Climate Case Before the Supreme Court
Ranchers say rising fire, drought and flood costs are forcing local governments and residents to seek damages from fossil fuel companies.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether Boulder, Colorado, can sue Exxon Mobil and Suncor in state court for climate damages, following Justice Samuel Alito's recusal this week.
- Deirdre Macnab, a rancher in Rio Blanco County, organized fellow agriculturalists to support Boulder's suit, citing firsthand experience with record heat, drought, and fires that devastated her community.
- Rio Blanco County spent taxpayer dollars to support oil companies, a move Macnab called "disturbing." A watchdog report found 25 of 38 legal briefs supporting Exxon and Suncor had fossil fuel industry ties.
- Exxon and Suncor argue federal law shields them from state court liability, framing the suit as an improper attempt to regulate emissions through courts rather than legislation.
- The Supreme Court's decision will determine whether fossil fuel companies face accountability for climate harms in state courts, with implications affecting efforts to hold polluters responsible nationwide.
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Barr: U.S. Supreme Court should decide on the merits in climate case - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court should do its job and decide on the merits in a consequential climate case before it, former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said Thursday. Justices will hear arguments Monday in Suncor v. Boulder County Commissioners, one of dozens of cases filed in state courts by Democrat-run state and local governments against oil and gas companies in an attempt to make them pay billions of dollars in damages rela…
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