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Reason
Reason
Environment
Jonathan H. Adler

Climate Change Goes Back to the Supreme Court -- Colorado Edition

On today's order list there is only one grant of certiorari, but it is a big one: Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. This is one of the climate change tort suits filed by state and local governments against fossil fuel companies under state law, and it will unquestionably be one of the biggest cases of the term (almost certainly next term given the Court's calendar).

In granting certiorari the Court expanded on the questions presented by the petition for certiorari. The QP offered by Suncor was as follows:

Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the global climate.

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