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The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing California and other states to move forward with suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/c...
Supreme Court Rejects an Effort to Block States From Suing Oil Giants
The justices declined to hear unusual arguments from Republican-led states that sought to end lawsuits against energy companies over their role in global warming.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing California and other states to move forward with suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/c...
@bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.bsky.social Vote NO on the GOP CR. Colorado needs you to stand up for us, not to give in to Trump's madness. Support @murray.senate.gov clean, short term CR and fight for a responsible spending bill that keeps the power of the purse w Congress.
March 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
@bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.bsky.social Vote NO on the GOP CR. Colorado needs you to stand up for us, not to give in to Trump's madness. Support @murray.senate.gov clean, short term CR and fight for a responsible spending bill that keeps the power of the purse w Congress.
“These defendants prioritized their profits over the people of Minnesota, and deception was their business model. The court’s thorough analysis and well-reasoned order puts us one step closer to proving that in court,” Attorney General Ellison said. #climate
www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Commu....
www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Commu....
Court upholds Attorney General Ellison’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil and others
Lawsuit first filed in 2020 to continue in state court after judge largely denies defendants’ motion to dismiss
www.ag.state.mn.us
February 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“These defendants prioritized their profits over the people of Minnesota, and deception was their business model. The court’s thorough analysis and well-reasoned order puts us one step closer to proving that in court,” Attorney General Ellison said. #climate
www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Commu....
www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Commu....
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A Minnesota judge largely preserved the state's suit alleging Exxon Mobil, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute concealed the climate change risks of fossil fuels, rejecting arguments that the case was a matter of federal, not state, law. www.law360.com/artic...
Exxon, Koch Lose Bid To End Minn. Climate Change Suit - Law360
A Minnesota state judge on Friday largely preserved the state's lawsuit alleging Exxon Mobil Corp., Koch Industries Inc. and the American Petroleum Institute concealed the climate change risks of fossil fuels, rejecting arguments that the case was a matter of federal, not state, law.
www.law360.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A Minnesota judge largely preserved the state's suit alleging Exxon Mobil, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute concealed the climate change risks of fossil fuels, rejecting arguments that the case was a matter of federal, not state, law. www.law360.com/artic...
"Last year, fossil fuel allies launched an unprecedented media blitz calling on the supreme court to shield oil companies from the Honolulu lawsuit. Some of the groups behind the campaign have ties to Leonard Leo,"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US supreme court allows Hawaii lawsuit against fossil fuel firms’ misinformation
Honolulu officials had filed a lawsuit against the companies for an alleged decades long misinformation campaign
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Last year, fossil fuel allies launched an unprecedented media blitz calling on the supreme court to shield oil companies from the Honolulu lawsuit. Some of the groups behind the campaign have ties to Leonard Leo,"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court again refused to wade into climate change tort litigation brought by state and local governments against fossil fuel companies, rejecting a request by energy giants to nix a suit lodged by Honolulu. www.law360.com/articles/228...
January 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court again refused to wade into climate change tort litigation brought by state and local governments against fossil fuel companies, rejecting a request by energy giants to nix a suit lodged by Honolulu. www.law360.com/articles/228...
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NEW: The Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals filed by various oil companies trying to shut down a climate change lawsuit in Hawaii.
The court action allows a lawsuit brought by Honolulu to move forward:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
The court action allows a lawsuit brought by Honolulu to move forward:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court allows Hawaii climate change lawsuit to move forward
The companies appealed after the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that claims for damages could move forward.
www.nbcnews.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW: The Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals filed by various oil companies trying to shut down a climate change lawsuit in Hawaii.
The court action allows a lawsuit brought by Honolulu to move forward:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
The court action allows a lawsuit brought by Honolulu to move forward:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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January 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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President Biden's administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject efforts by oil companies and Republican state attorneys general to prevent state and local governments from pursuing lawsuits accusing the fossil fuel producers of deceiving the public about climate change reut.rs/4g8daWv
December 12, 2024 at 12:19 AM
President Biden's administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject efforts by oil companies and Republican state attorneys general to prevent state and local governments from pursuing lawsuits accusing the fossil fuel producers of deceiving the public about climate change reut.rs/4g8daWv
"The DOJ said the US Supreme Court doesn’t have jurisdiction to review the petition in Sunoco vs. City and County of Honolulu, since the latest decision wasn’t final to begin with." #climatesky #energysky #greensky #climatelitigation #climate
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
DOJ Asks Justices to Deny Attempts to Circumvent Climate Cases
Energy industry and state attempts to seek US Supreme Court review of climate deception suits should be denied, the Justice Department argued in two briefs filed on Tuesday.
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:57 PM
"The DOJ said the US Supreme Court doesn’t have jurisdiction to review the petition in Sunoco vs. City and County of Honolulu, since the latest decision wasn’t final to begin with." #climatesky #energysky #greensky #climatelitigation #climate
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
"Prelogar said Tuesday that the fossil fuel companies' petitions for writs of certiorari should be denied because the high court lacks the jurisdiction in that dispute." #energysky #climatelitigation
www.law360.com/articles/227...
www.law360.com/articles/227...
Feds Tell Justices To Stay Out Of Climate Change Tort Fights - Law360
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to weigh in on climate change torts filed against fossil fuel companies, arguing in a pair of briefs that the stat...
www.law360.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:21 PM
"Prelogar said Tuesday that the fossil fuel companies' petitions for writs of certiorari should be denied because the high court lacks the jurisdiction in that dispute." #energysky #climatelitigation
www.law360.com/articles/227...
www.law360.com/articles/227...
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December 1, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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All the meme makers who riff on #WillieNelson and #KeithRichards as eternal really really need to start incorporating their elder, #DickVanDyke
November 29, 2024 at 2:50 AM
All the meme makers who riff on #WillieNelson and #KeithRichards as eternal really really need to start incorporating their elder, #DickVanDyke
November 24, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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The arc of the moral universe has passed the same Pizza Hut three times. It can’t read a map for shit.
The arc of the moral universe is rocking back and forth in the bathtub.
The arc of the moral universe is out of ideas.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
The arc of the moral universe is rocking back and forth in the bathtub.
The arc of the moral universe is out of ideas.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- - -The arc of the moral universe is feeling ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
The arc of the moral universe has passed the same Pizza Hut three times. It can’t read a map for shit.
The arc of the moral universe is rocking back and forth in the bathtub.
The arc of the moral universe is out of ideas.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
The arc of the moral universe is rocking back and forth in the bathtub.
The arc of the moral universe is out of ideas.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
Howdy bluesky. Kicking things off here w a love song to America, Shannon McNally's 'Trouble.'
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youtu.be/hPIj6ON_exk?...
Trouble
YouTube video by Shannon McNally - Topic
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November 18, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Howdy bluesky. Kicking things off here w a love song to America, Shannon McNally's 'Trouble.'
youtu.be/hPIj6ON_exk?...
youtu.be/hPIj6ON_exk?...