US EditionU.S. Supreme Court considers whether to take up 'climate' case against oil company
A coalition of 26 state attorneys general argues the lawsuit threatens state sovereignty and could lead to judicial control over national energy policy.
- The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to take up Suncor Energy v. Boulder after the City and County of Boulder sued America's energy producers under state tort law seeking billions, alleging fossil-fuel production caused climate change.
- After congressional climate measures failed, activist lawyers shifted strategy to the courts as part of a nationwide campaign by dozens of state and local governments seeking multibillion-dollar remedies.
- Legal critics argue the suit challenges constitutional protections by asking state courts to assign global blame, risking a patchwork of rulings and making local judges de facto regulators of interstate energy policy.
- Petitioners urged immediate review to prevent a multibillion-dollar verdict and argue national energy policy should come from elected representatives, not state-court litigation.
- Longer term, if permitted to proceed, the litigation could reshape the American economy by placing energy producers under progressive judges and city politicians, raising costs for American families, while dozens of state and local governments press similar suits.
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From the Daily Caller News Foundation By David Blackmon All eyes will be on the Supreme Court later this week when the justices conference on Friday to decide whether to grant a petition for writ of certiorari on a high-stakes climate lawsuit out of Colorado. The case is a part of the long-running lawfare campaign seeking to extract billions of dollars in jury awards from oil companies on claims of nebulous damages caused by carbon emissions. I…
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The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear Suncor Energy Inc. v. Boulder, a case about energy companies and climate change that could determine whether America’s energy policy is effectively dictated by local judges scattered across the country, mostly in progressive enclaves. Boulder’s lawsuit pushes against more than energy companies; it challenges the structural constitutional protections that ensure equal sovereignty among the state…
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