
Law and Oil: Taking Climate Offenders to Court
Climate One
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The US Supreme Court Declined to Transfer a Group of State and Local Suits to Federal Court
The US Supreme Court recently declined Exxon and Chevron's request to transfer a group of state and local suits to federal court. The cases were filed by the state of Rhode Island, municipalities in California, Colorado, Hawaii, and Maryland. We actually talked with an oil industry lawyer involved in some of those cases. He accepts the science but says climate should be addressed in Congress, not the courts.
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