DOJ solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar previously urged the Court to reject the oil industry’s efforts to stop the lawsuit.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by oil companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Honolulu seeking to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change. The defendants ...

The court fight brought in Hawaii state court is similar to others filed against the nation's largest energy companies by ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Sunoco and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by Honolulu accusing them of misleading the public for decades about the dangers of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to step in on a pair of major climate cases brought by the City and County of Honolulu ...

The order allows the city of Honolulu’s lawsuit against ... worldwide seeking to leverage action on climate change through the courts. The oil and gas companies appealed to the Supreme Court ...

This story was originally published on ESG Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily ESG Dive newsletter. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal submitted by ...

In Sunoco vs. Honolulu, the oil industry urged the justices to intervene in these state cases and rule that because climate ...

Honolulu’s climate change lawsuit is one of roughly two dozen filed by blue states and cities in recent years. In 2023, the Supreme Court rejected similar appeals from major oil companies facing ...

The justices turned away an appeal by the oil companies of a ... by human-induced climate change. The plaintiffs have sought unspecified monetary damages. Honolulu is located on Hawaii’s Oahu ...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not hear an appeal from certain major oil and gas companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the ...