U.S. states and territories are taking legal action against the government and oil companies over climate change impacts, setting the stage for potential precedent-setting decisions.

The Supreme Court is declining to hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change.

Defendants Sunoco and Shell, along with 15 other energy companies, had asked the court to intervene and stop the Hawaii lawsuits from proceeding. They had hoped to move the cases out of Hawaii state courts by arguing that interstate pollution is governed by federal law and the Clean Air Act.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not hear an appeal from certain major oil and gas companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to a similar suit brought by Honolulu, which seeks some compensation from oil companies for the effects of 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.

Today the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Sunoco LP v. Honolulu and Shell PLC v. Honolulu, two petitions from oil companies seeking High Court

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.