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

Lawyers for Honolulu said in a filing that the case seeks to hold the oil and gas industry accountable under Hawaii law for "deliberately concealing and misrepresenting the climate-change impacts ...

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 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 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 ...

Defendants Sunoco and Shell, along with 15 other energy companies, had asked the court to intervene and stop the Hawaii lawsuits from proceeding. They had hoped to move the cases out of Hawaii state ...

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 ...

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 ...