Axios: Climate’s SCOTUS showdown

 🏭 Climate’s SCOTUS showdown
 
Illustration of a tree trunk with a gavel stuck in the top as if an axe.
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
 
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a case that could determine whether states and cities can seek climate damages from oil giants.

Why it matters: Billions and billions of dollars are at stake for the oil industry in dozens of cases brought by state and local governments, in which they seek to hold the companies responsible for the mounting costs of climate change, Axios’ Ben Geman writes.

⚖️ The big picture: SCOTUS is considering whether federal law blocks state-law damage claims for the effects of interstate and global emissions, in a case against Exxon and Suncor that the city and county of Boulder filed in 2018.

But dozens of state-court cases are active in California, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and beyond: They accuse oil giants of concealing risks or making deceptive statements, and seek damages for climate-related costs.

What we’re watching: This is a blockbuster. The decision will be the culmination of an intense, yearslong battle.

There’s a high level of organizing, lobbying and advocacy among industry and climate advocates alike around these state cases — a sign that both sides see litigation as a critical battleground on climate. Read on.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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