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Attorneys for Big Oil and Trump tried to convince SCOTUS yesterday that climate lawsuits should be stopped. Their arguments could reach into state-level cases against powerful industries beyond just oil and gas. @emdashsanders.bsky.social and @rebleber.bsky.social report on how it went

The Supreme Court justices weren’t buying some of Big Oil’s arguments

“A little slippery,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett said of one maneuver.

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Legal experts tell me oil companies' Supreme Court bid to stop this case could reach way further than climate, threatening states' historic ability to hold companies accountable for deception and harm to their residents. I'll be at the court tomorrow covering the arguments. Stay tuned

Emily Sanders@emdashsanders.bsky.social · 2w ago

Next week, SCOTUS will hear args in Boulder's climate lawsuit that says oil giants deceived the public about the dangers of burning fossil fuels & should pay for local damages. A few things to know, ft my convo with @ishan-thakore.bsky.social @lesleyclark.bsky.social @alejandrocamacho.bsky.social

A glimpse into the stakes of Monday's SCOTUS arguments in Suncor v Boulder for just one community: Colorado ranchers, whose livelihoods have been wrecked by fires & drought. Ranchers depend on local govt services -- unless govts can recover climate costs, they say they may not be able to continue

Emily Sanders@emdashsanders.bsky.social · 3w ago

A group of Colorado ranchers is speaking out in support of a major climate lawsuit that will be heard by the Supreme Court in a couple weeks. Climate change is upending their way of life and they think oil companies should help local govts adapt.

We're getting close to Supreme Court arguments in a major climate lawsuit against oil companies. Join us tomorrow, where we'll discuss the arguments coming before the court, the players, & the stakes for communities across the country facing increasingly damaging and expensive climate costs

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 4w ago

This fall, SCOTUS will hear a blockbuster climate case — one of dozens brought by US governments arguing oil companies deceived the public about the dangers of burning fossil fuels and should be held accountable. On 9/23 at 12pm ET, dig in with CCNow + @pointsourcenews.org RSVP: buff.ly/oEmltW0

As climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies get closer to trial, oil giants and a constellation of well-funded allies are deploying multiple strategies to try to undermine the cases or completely immunize the industry from liability. Here's a roadmap of all the ways they're doing it.

“They’re pulling out all the stops”: Big Oil’s all-encompassing attacks on climate lawsuits

The fossil fuel industry and its allies are coordinating to end lawsuits that could make oil and gas companies pay for climate damages.

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