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Oil Corporations Rejected by Supreme Courtroom on Shifting Local weather Battle
June 15, 2021, 4:17 a.m.
The US Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from oil companies like BP Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. It left a key procedural decision that benefited two California cities suing billions of dollars to combat the effects of climate change.
The judges refused, without comment, to consider the industry’s offer to move the lawsuit in federal court, where companies tend to do better than state courts.
The rejection is a victory for San Francisco and Oakland, part of a group of litigants across the country seeking reimbursement for costs related to sea level rise, including coastal flooding, …
Greg Stohr
Bloomberg news
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