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Oil Companies Get Supreme Court Hearing on Climate Suits

Bloomberg · last updated

The US Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by Exxon Mobil Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc. in an industry bid to stop dozens of city and state lawsuits that blame oil companies for climate change.

The justices will review a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that said the city and county of Boulder could use state law to press a suit against the two companies.