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      A person walks through floodwaters on Newark Street caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

      In Another Blow to Big Oil, US Supreme Court Rejects Effort to Kill Climate Suits

      "The Supreme Court's decision brings the people of Delaware and Hoboken one step closer to putting these polluters on trial and making them pay for their climate deception."

      Jessica Corbett
      May 15, 2023

      On the heels of similar decisions last month, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered "another win for climate accountability," rejecting fossil fuel corporations' attempt to quash lawsuits filed by the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, and the state of Delaware.

      Both filed in September 2020, the suits from Hoboken and Delaware—like those filed by dozens of other municipalities and states—take aim at companies including BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell for fueling the climate emergency. The fossil fuel industry has repeatedly tried to evade accountability by shifting such cases from state to federal court.

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      A pedestrian walks across a flooded street in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 7, 2021, the morning after a powerful winter tropical storm known as a Kona Low hit the Hawaii islands with heavy rain and high winds causing widespread flooding and power outages across the state.

      US Supreme Court's Blow to Big Oil 'Should Open the Floodgates for More Lawsuits'

      "The high court's decision is a major victory for communities across the country that are fighting to hold Big Oil accountable and make them pay for the climate damages they knowingly caused," said one advocate.

      Jessica Corbett
      Apr 24, 2023

      Campaigners and frontline communities celebrated Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear five appeals from major fossil fuel companies hoping to shift climate liability cases from state to federal court, where polluters are more likely to prevail.

      "Big Oil companies have been desperate to avoid trials in state courts, where they will be forced to defend their climate lies in front of juries, and today the Supreme Court declined to bail them out," said Center for Climate Integrity president Richard Wiles.

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      In Reversal of Trump-Era Stance, Biden DOJ Backs Colorado Communities Suing Big Oil

      "The Justice Department has added its voice to a series of unanimous court rulings that support communities in their efforts to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their climate lies," said one campaigner.

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 16, 2023

      Climate defenders on Thursday applauded the Justice Department's move to support communities suing a pair of oil companies by urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the corporations' bid to keep the case out of state court.

      U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed an amicus brief urging the high court to deny a petition from ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy asking the justices to review lower court rulings allowing a lawsuit from three Colorado communities to proceed.

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