Oil companies facing a lawsuit from Bolder, Colorado, have petitioned the Supreme Court to review the case. In 2019, the city and county of Boulder filed a lawsuit seeking damages from weather events, which they allege are caused by burning fossil fuels.
They also accuse the oil companies of deceiving the public about the dangers of climate change.
The companies had asked the Colorado Supreme Court to dismiss the case. But in May, the state court ruled the lawsuit could proceed. In their petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, Sunoco Energy Inc. and ExxonMobil Corporation argue that the Constitution doesn’t allow for government entities to sue under state laws regarding public nuisance and consumer fraud for injuries alleged to have been caused by pollution coming from sources outside the state.
“This case presents whether that longstanding principle precludes the state-law claims in the nationwide climate-change litigation. The answer to that question is surely yes,” the companies argue in their petition.
Last year, Sunoco, Exxon and other energy producers petitioned the country’s highest court in a similar case filed by the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the high court declined to grant cert, which means hearing a case on appeal from a lower court. The court typically grants cert, or certiorari, for cases of national significance or those that could unify conflicting decisions among federal courts.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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