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

The likes of XOM and CVX face rising pressure to tackle climate deception claims and brace for the potential financial impact ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that City and County of Honolulu has the go-ahead to sue 15 big gas and oil companies for ...

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

A bid to the U.S. Supreme Court by major oil companies to end a lawsuit from Honolulu accusing the oil companies of “misleading the public for ...

The lawsuits come during a wave of legal actions in the U.S. and worldwide seeking to leverage action on climate change through the courts. The oil and gas companies appealed ... said declining to ...

Honolulu and Shell v. Honolulu, a pair of cases seeking to hold oil and gas companies responsible for their role in increased fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, which led to climate ...

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 ...