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This case pits Trump against the Supreme Court justices' own kids
What happened
RawStory reports that the Supreme Court was set to hear a petition by Suncor and ExxonMobil seeking to stop Colorado state-law claims brought by Boulder County and the City of Boulder. The local governments sued in 2018, seeking compensation for climate-related damage; in May 2025, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that federal law did not preempt their claims.
According to the report, the companies do not contest the general connection between fossil-fuel emissions and rising temperatures. They argue instead that a global emissions problem cannot be divided among particular…
The skinny
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