The Supreme Court appeared split over whether to allow Boulder County, Colorado’s climate-change damages lawsuit against oil companies to proceed, with the justices appearing to have reservations about both sides’ sweeping arguments during Monday’s hearing.
The high court heard oral arguments in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County on whether a lawsuit brought by Boulder County, which seeks to hold oil companies accountable for their alleged role in global climate change, can proceed. The case is expected to have sweeping ramifications for similar lawsuits that climate activists and Democrat-led jurisdictions have attempted to bring against oil companies, either broadly allowing them to continue or shutting them down as barred by federal law.
