Colorado Judge Rejects Industry’s Attempt to Kill Landmark Climate Lawsuit

Advocates celebrated Monday after a Boulder, Colorado judge rejected attempts by ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy subsidiaries to dismiss a landmark lawsuit that seeks damages for the harms the fossil fuel companies have inflicted on the climate and local communities. The lawsuit, brought in 2018 by the city and county of Boulder, argues that mounting climate costs “should be shared by the Suncor and...

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