Oil Industry Seeks End to Climate Change Lawsuits

The energy companies have petitioned the Supreme Court to review the case that could block state and local governments, including Honolulu, from pursuing state lawsuits that accuse fuel producers of duping the public about climate change.

Biden’s administration wants the high court to reject the efforts by energy producers and Republican state attorneys general. At issue is whether federal law precludes state law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the worldwide climate.

“The question is of substantial importance to one of the country’s most critical industries, and it raises profound questions of constitutional structure,” the petitioners, Sunoco et al., asked the U.S. Supreme Court in the matter of Sunoco LP v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sunoco and other fuel producers argue the time is right to settle the dispute.

Source: Oil industry seeks end to climate change lawsuits