"Colorado Supreme Court to hear Boulder climate change lawsuit", 10 February 2025

The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday to determine whether Boulder can pursue a lawsuit against oil giants ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy for damages related to climate change.

… The legal case is … testing whether polluters can be held liable in state courts for fueling climate change.

… the Boulder lawsuit, first filed in 2018 ...

… The oil giants are seeking to overturn a Boulder district court decision that denied their motion to dismiss.

In legal filings, the companies argue that air and water pollution are regulated at the federal level and they can't be challenged in state courts.

They note that emissions don't have state boundaries and drift across international borders.

… Boulder County and the city of Boulder contend they don't need to regulate emissions to sue for damages related to climate change-causing pollution, such as the 2010 Fourmile Canyon wildfire and the 2013 floods.

The lawsuit argues the oil companies hid the impacts of climate change and misled the public in a vast conspiracy.

The county is represented by EarthRights International, ...

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