Justices have once again denied an oil major climate challenge, ruling to sit out on Honolulu’s climate dispute and further clearing the path for climate tort cases on the verge of trial.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that seek billions of dollars in damages for the effects of climate change. Without a comment or dissent, the justices turned down closely watched appeals from Sunoco, Shell and other energy producers.
The high court declined to hear a challenge to a major case in which Honolulu is suing energy companies over climate change.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Maryland’s handgun licensing regime, as well as a pair of cases seeking to hold oil and gas companies responsible for damage caused by climate change.
in opposition filed. VIDED. May 21 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024. May 21 2024 Reply of petitioners Sunoco LP, et al. filed. (Distributed) Jun 10 2024 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the ...
Energy producers facing a climate lawsuit from the city of Honolulu are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the case, which could have sweeping
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by oil companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Honolulu seeking to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change. The defendants
Dozens of similar cases are cropping up around the country, with states and cities trying to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the expensive destruction wreaked by the climate crisis.
A bid to the U.S. Supreme Court by major oil companies to end a lawsuit from Honolulu accusing the oil companies of “misleading the public for
The companies had appealed to the Supreme Court in an effort to get the case moved to federal court, where they've successfully had suits tossed out.
It’s hysteria over carbon dioxide, the gas we breathe out, that makes all life possible.  Both groups have won recent court rulings in lawsuits to ban fossil fuels. The plaintiffs seek to punish companies that provide natural gas,