How climate change impacted 2024 03:33. Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether to quash lawsuits brought by Honolulu seeking billions of dollars from oil and ...

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 ...

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 oil and gas companies appealed to the Supreme Court after Hawaii’s highest court allowed the lawsuit to proceed. The companies include Sunoco, Shell, Chevron, Exxon Mobil and BP, many of ...

But Honolulu had argued that the oil and gas industry's plea was "improperly" trying "to cloak the former federal common law of interstate pollution in constitutional garb, with no foundation in ...

Justices denied petitions put forward by Sunoco LP and Shell that asked for a review of a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed Honolulu’s climate lawsuit to continue.

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Sunoco (SUN.N), opens new tab and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by Honolulu accusing them of ...

The US Supreme Court buttressed efforts by environmental advocates to hold oil companies accountable for climate change, letting Honolulu press a lawsuit that accuses the industry of deceiving ...

The state is suing oil companies, including Chevron, Shell and Aloha Petroleum, for using fossil fuels that destroy Hawaii's natural resources and cause devastating climate change in the islands.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two separate bids to scrap the City of Honolulu's climate-related lawsuit, which alleged major oil and gas companies knowingly promoted false and misleading ...