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Colorado Supreme Court rules Boulder can sue energy giants for climate disasters in state court
The State Supreme Court has cleared the way for a high-profile lawsuit, years in the making, to move forward in state court. The suit, filed by the City of Boulder and Boulder County, goes after Exxon Mobil and Suncor.
Boulder’s landmark climate lawsuit against Suncor and Exxon can continue, Colorado Supreme Court rules
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark municipal lawsuit seeking to hold two of the state’s largest oil and gas companies financially responsible for climate-change harms to ...
Colorado top court allows Boulder to sue Exxon, Suncor over climate change
Boulder argues they should be forced to pay for the costs it will incur to protect its community from climate change. The companies deny wrongdoing. They had fought for years to have the case ...
Colorado Supreme Court Clears Boulder's Climate Suit Against Exxon and Suncor Entities
Singleton Schreiber's Environmental Litigation Practice Continues to Lead on Climate Accountability Nationwide DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2025 / In a major legal victory for climate accountability,
Boulder’s landmark lawsuit against Suncor, Exxon can proceed, Colorado Supreme Court rules
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a landmark lawsuit brought by the City of Boulder and Boulder County against Suncor and Exxon can continue.
Climate lawsuit against Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy can proceed, Colorado's top court rules
A climate change-related lawsuit against Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy that alleges the oil giants "intentionally misled the public" on the impacts of their "fossil fuel products" can proceed, Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
Lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Suncor to continue in Colorado court
A lawsuit by the city of Boulder that seeks to hold oil companies accountable for their purported role in climate change will continue in a lower district court. The Colorado Supreme Court said in a ruling Monday that federal law doesn’t preempt the city’s claims in the lawsuit,
Boulder’s lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, Suncor allowed to continue
Boulder County, alongside San Miguel County and the city of Boulder, originally brought the lawsuit in April 2018 “for the costs that they face due to climate harms, and for decades of misinformation.
Colorado high court boosts Boulder’s climate case against Exxon
A majority on the state Supreme Court allowed the climate lawsuit to proceed at the state level, but a minority dissent warned of "chaos."
Colorado top court greenlights Boulder County’s suit against climate change-causing oil producers
In a 5-2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling denying oil producers attempt to dismiss Boulder County’s tort claim for climate change-driven damages. “The court now concludes that respondents’ claims are not preempted by federal law and,
Boulder's lawsuit against Exxon and Suncor can proceed, state Supreme Court says
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a lawsuit filed by the City of Boulder and Boulder County against energy companies Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy can move forward.
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Trump administration sues four Democratic-led states to block climate laws, lawsuits
Justice Department calls planned laws, lawsuits an overreach Lawsuits challenge New York and Vermont climate "superfund" laws Hawaii sued fossil fuel industry after Justice Department case May 1 ...
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Millard: State courts should nix climate lawsuits: experts
As state court judges issue conflicting rulings on state and city-led climate change lawsuits against major ... Connecticut case, the justices unanimously ruled the Clean Air Act took precedence ...
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Youth-led lawsuit on climate change wins another round in court
“I’ll pay you out for two, three, four years. Just get out of the system.” The climate change case began in 2019, when seven young plaintiffs filed a statement of claim, arguing that Ontario ...