{"id":317415,"date":"2024-04-11T09:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=317415"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:26:03","slug":"grave-threat-calls-mount-for-scotus-to-intervene-in-key-climate-lawsuit-against-major-energy-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=317415","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Grave Threat\u2019: Calls Mount For SCOTUS To Intervene In Key Climate Lawsuit Against Major Energy Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A number of current and former government officials, ex-military personnel and legal scholars are pushing for the Supreme Court to pick up a key climate change liability lawsuit in Hawaii and take it out of the state\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An organization led by former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, former high-ranking military officials, a number of state attorneys general and two prominent legal experts have each filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court this week, urging it to take on Honolulu\u2019s lawsuit against oil corporations, which alleges that the companies deliberately misled the public about their role in global warming. In their amicus briefs, the petitioners effectively point out that the case should be in the Supreme Court\u2019s domain given the implications it could have for the U.S. economy, national security and federalism more broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defendants in the case \u2014 which include Chevron, Exxon Mobil and Shell  \u2014 have asked<\/a> the Supreme Court to hear their case; the nuisance lawsuit will proceed to trial in a lower court pending any substantial developments, according<\/a> to Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2023, the Hawaii Supreme Court rejected the corporations\u2019 argument that the legal challenge effectively intends to regulate emissions and interstate commerce, subjects which are the domain of the federal government, according to Reuters. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, the state supreme court\u2019s chief justice has previously worked with the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), a Washington, D.C.-based environmental organization that has close ties to Sher Edling, the law firm representing the plaintiffs, a May 2023 Daily Caller News Foundation\u00a0investigation<\/a>\u00a0found. The Hawaii Supreme Court also tried to argue in February that the so-called \u201cspirit of Aloha<\/a>\u201d overrides the second amendment.\u00a0(RELATED: Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Handling Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Calls Climate Change An \u2018Existential Threat\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rhode Island Official Admits State\u2019s Climate Lawsuit Is Meant To Wring Money Out Of Big Oil: Court Docs https:\/\/t.co\/ZuG4u3GMi4<\/a><\/p>— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>