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Eight of the nine justices heard nearly two hours of oral arguments in a case involving an effort by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, to hold energy companies accountable for the effects of global climate change.
WASHINGTON >> U.S. Supreme Court justices wrestled with a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages for harms caused by climate change, as they opened their new nine-month term on Monday.
Colorado state's Boulder city sued oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor, accusing them of contributing to climate change through fossil fuel use.