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Supreme Court Rebuffs GOP-Backed Bid to Stop Climate Suits

Bloomberg · last updated

The US Supreme Court refused to consider an unusual bid by 19 Republican-run states to derail a set of lawsuits that seek to hold oil and gas companies accountable for climate change.

The justices rejected a request by the Alabama-led group to file a complaint directly in the Supreme Court against five Democratic-run states that are pressing cases against the oil industry.