Supreme Court Takes Up Boulder Climate Suit Against Exxon and Suncor

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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether Boulder County’s climate-damages lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy can proceed in state court. The companies argue that climate policy and related damage claims belong in federal jurisdiction.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether a lawsuit filed in state court in Colorado seeking damages from two major oil companies for the climate-change related damage inflicted on Boulder County can go forward. Here's the short version: The Canadian-based Suncor Energy Inc. and Texas-based ExxonMobil say that policies regarding climate change and any alleged damages resulting from it are matters for the federal government and courts only and that therefore the state suit should not be allowed to go forward. Boulder County…