{"id":255305,"date":"2023-04-29T21:15:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T19:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255305"},"modified":"2023-04-29T21:15:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T19:15:19","slug":"no-supreme-ruling-on-deadbeat-cities-climate-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255305","title":{"rendered":"No Supreme Ruling on Deadbeat Cities\u2018 Climate Lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Denver Business Journal reports US Supreme Court rejects Boulder\u2019s $100M climate lawsuit against Suncor, Exxon.<\/strong><\/a>  That headline is misleading in that SCOTUS declined to rule on the motion to restrict such lawsuits to federal courts.  Excerpts in italics with my bolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United State Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a lawsuit<\/strong> Boulder and two other local governments filed against oil refiners Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil and deemed similar climate change-related lawsuits matters for state courts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nation\u2019s highest court issued orders Monday rejecting oil companies\u2019 request<\/strong> to take up the Boulder case and similar lawsuits filed against other oil industry giants such as BP, Sunoco and Shell by the governments of Baltimore, Maryland; San Mateo County, California; and Honolulu, Hawaii.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boulder city and county governments<\/strong> and San Miguel County, home to Telluride, joined together in 2018 and sued Calgary-based Suncor Energy and Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil. The plaintiffs argued the communities face at least $100 million in costs over 30 years \u201cto deal with the impacts of climate change<\/strong> caused by the use of fossil fuel products like those made and sold by Suncor and Exxon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oil companies and local governments bringing similar legal cases have been jostling over whether state courts or the federal bench should have jurisdiction<\/strong>. Monday\u2019s denial by the Supreme Court settles the jurisdictional matter, but doesn\u2019t end the cases.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will continue to fight these suits, which are a waste of time and resources<\/strong> and do nothing to address climate change,\u201d said Todd Spitler, a spokesperson for ExxonMobil.<\/strong> \u201cToday\u2019s decision does not impact our intention to invest billions of dollars to lead the way in a thoughtful energy transition that takes the world to net zero carbon emissions.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Samuel Alito took no part<\/strong> in the consideration and decision, while Justice Brett Kavanaugh would\u2019ve taken up Boulder\u2019s case<\/strong> at the Supreme Court, the order noted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suncor owns the three oil refineries in Commerce City, the only refineries in Colorado.  A jurisdictional fight<\/strong> arose about which level of court \u2014 state or federal \u2014 is appropriate for such cases.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local governments and the U.S. Department of Justice argued the cases belonged in state courts.  Oil companies asked the U.S. Supreme Court<\/strong> to take up the Boulder case and settle issues the companies said are common among more than a dozen lawsuits working their way through lower courts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allies of the oil and gas industry expressed disappointment at the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.  <\/strong>Having state courts handle the cases could lead to a patchwork approach to policy questions that are inherently federal or international in scope<\/strong>, said Phil Goldberg, special counsel for the Manufacturers\u2019 Accountability Project, in a statement issued Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that state courts likely will, after the substance of the liability claims is heard,<\/strong> dismiss them like a New York City lawsuit against Exxon was two years ago, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe challenge of our time<\/strong> is developing technologies and public policies so that the world can produce and use energy in ways that are affordable for people and sustainable for the planet,\u201d<\/strong> Goldberg said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt should not be figuring out how to creatively plead lawsuits that seek
to monetize climate change and provide no solutions.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boulder and San Miguel County case was called a stunt by the state oil and gas industry when it was first filed.  Companies shouldn\u2019t face legal liability for \u201cdoing nothing more than engaging in the act of commerce<\/strong> while adhering to our already stringent state and federal laws,\u201d said Dan Haley, president and CEO of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, at the time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But supporters of community claims<\/strong> point to evidence that\u2019s shown oil companies understood but did not publicly disclose<\/strong> the potential ramifications of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere.<\/em> [There is again the lie of labelling the harmless trace gas plant food as \u201cpollution.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They argue that climate-change-inducing\u00a0emissions are at the root of incidents<\/strong>\u00a0like the unusual, deadly\u00a0deluges<\/strong>\u00a0of September 2013, and out-of-season\u00a0wildfires<\/strong>, like those that destroyed over 1,000 Superior and Louisville-area homes on New Year\u2019s Eve, 2021, and have forced communities to bear the costs of responding to such disasters\u00a0<\/em>.[Yet in the\u00a0UN report<\/strong>\u00a0they say there is\u00a0virtually no evidence of a relationship between extreme events and climate change<\/strong>.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q:\u00a0 Why These Lawsuits?\u00a0 A: Deep Pockets<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Background Previous Post: Supremes Will Soon Rule on Deadbeat Cities\u2019 Climate Lawsuits<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Caleb Johnson writes at New York Post The Supreme Court will soon decide on cities pushing an extreme climate agenda. <\/strong><\/a> Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.  H\\T John Ray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On one hand, cities are suing oil and gas companies for alleged climate-related damages.
On the other, the same cities write in their municipal-bond disclosures
they cannot attest to the effects of climate change.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes Friday\u2019s\u00a0Supreme Court conference on Suncor v. Boulder<\/strong>\u00a0critical. The nation\u2019s highest court will decide if it will take up the case to\u00a0rule on whether these climate suits should be heard in state or federal court.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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No matter where they proceed, these cases not only lack merit but deserve greater scrutiny<\/strong> given the plaintiffs\u2019 companion bond disclosures.  Municipalities like Boulder, San Francisco and Baltimore, among others, have been filing claims against oil and gas companies, seeking damages they allege are directly attributable to the firms\u2019 actions.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But holders of these cities\u2019 bonds could be forgiven for being surprised by these lawsuits.  Because the ambiguous claims these cities made to their bondholders<\/strong> belie the specific nature of the claims they later made to courts.   <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their bond disclosures, these cities all acknowledge they\u2019re unable to forecast
with any degree of certainty climate change\u2019s adverse effects
and the science underlying their assumptions is evolving.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair enough. But contrast this with the\u00a0incredibly specific claims in these cities\u2019 lawsuits.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0In 2017,\u00a0San Francisco<\/strong>\u2019s city attorney, Dennis Herrera, filed a lawsuit in state court\u00a0against five energy companies,<\/strong>\u00a0alleging they are responsible for very specific effects of climate change and\u00a0should pay for infrastructure such as sea walls to deal with its ongoing and future consequences.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lawsuit\u2019s claim about predicting the effects of climate change comes into serious question when the city attorney\u2019s bond-issuing employer has stated it cannot accurately determine the extent of climate change for its investors.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a 2018 petition in Texas<\/strong> state court, Exxon alleged the \u201cstark and irreconcilable conflict\u201d between<\/strong> the municipalities\u2019 allegations in the lawsuits and their disclosures in bond offerings<\/strong> indicated the suits were brought \u201cnot because of a bona fide belief in any tortious conduct by the defendants or actual damage to their jurisdictions, but instead to coerce ExxonMobil and others operating in the Texas energy sector to adopt policies aligned with those favored by local politicians in California.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its petition was denied, but the concern about the \u201cstark and irreconcilable conflict\u201d
has quietly simmered ever since \u2014 and for good reason.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disclosures<\/strong>\u00a0in other areas have been\u00a0a source of angst for muni bondholders<\/strong>.\u00a0 In 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a\u00a0cease and desist order against the City of Boulder<\/strong>\u00a0for misstating that it had complied with prior agreements to provide continuing disclosure to its investors.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What prompted renewed interest in this issue was not just the reexamination of bond risks after Credit Suisse\u2019s failure but also the solicitor general\u2019s recent<\/strong> recommendation to the Supreme Court, urging the justices to reject ExxonMobil and Suncor\u2019s petition<\/strong> for their case to be heard in federal rather than state court.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit Suisse\u2019s AT1 investors have reason to be upset but not necessarily all that surprised.  After all, those bonds were yielding 9.75%, suggesting the risks were high.<\/strong>  For comparison, the average yield on ostensibly much safer 10-year muni bonds is about 2.49%.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what if<\/strong>, in addition to the risks laid out in disclosure documents, Credit Suisse had been aware of other material risks<\/strong> it had failed to disclose to its bondholders?  Well, that would be securities fraud.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Might the same hold true for these municipalities doing the bidding
of trial lawyers pushing an extreme climate agenda?<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To the extent that these cities have a much greater degree of certainty about the risks they face, have those risks been adequately described to all audiences, investors and the courts alike?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question remains.\u00a0 And while these lawsuits seem meritless,\u00a0one hopes the Supreme Court concludes at least that they ought to remain in federal court \u2014 where they belong.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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