When local governments sue oil companies over contributing to climate change, which courts have jurisdiction — federal or state?
That’s the question energy companies have petitioned the Supreme Court to answer, arguing for federal jurisdiction by saying that different state courts can issue divergent rulings based on location.
That petition also is pending. It followed the high court giving the companies a narrow win in 2021 when the justices sent the case back to the lower court for reevaluation on a technical issue. According to the government’s court brief, the fossil fuel companies “concealed and/or misrepresented the dangers associated with the burning of fossil fuels despite having been aware of those dangers for decades.”
Other lawsuits have been brought by municipalities against big oil companies. In recent years, there’s been about two dozen of these types of actions.
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