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Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Led Effort To Halt Climate Change Lawsuits In Democratic-Led States

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general in 19 states aimed at blocking climate change suits against the oil and gas industry from Democratic-led states.

The justices acted Monday on an unusual Republican effort to file suit in the Supreme Court over the Democratic states’ use of their own state courts to sue fossil fuel companies for deceiving the public about the risks of their products contributing to climate change.

The Supreme Court typically hears only appeals, but the Constitution authorizes it to hear original lawsuits states file against each other.

The Republican action was led by Alabama’s attorney general and sought to stop lawsuits from California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

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