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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Dharna Noor

Far-right fossil fuel company allies pressure US supreme court to shield firms in unprecedented campaign

Oil pumps work in an oil field in California
If granted, the request could catalyze the dismissal of the wave of accountability suits against big oil. Photograph: Susan Sterner/AP

Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the supreme court to shield fossil fuel companies from litigation that could cost them billions of dollars.

Some of the groups behind the campaign have ties to Leonard Leo, the architect of the rightwing takeover of the supreme court who helped select Trump’s supreme court nominees. Leo also appears to have ties to Chevron, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

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