Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett criticized fossil fuel companies as “a little slippery” in oral arguments over a lawsuit in which oil majors claim that federal law blocks states from suing them for climate change-related damages.

Her comment came in arguments Monday in the case Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, which may determine if oil companies can be held accountable by state and local governments for their alleged role in global climate change.

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