"The justices requested that the federal government weigh in on a pending fight over Clean Water Act citizen suits. The Trump administration is expected to answer the call."
"The Supreme Court is staying out of heated legal fights over the oil industry’s responsibility to pay up for climate change, ownership of public lands in Utah, environmental review of a major offshore wind project and EPA’s crackdown on smog-forming pollution.
In a long list of orders issued Monday, the justices declined to reconsider a 2023 Hawaii Supreme Court ruling that advanced claims from Honolulu officials that fossil fuel producers knowingly lied to the public about the danger of their products and should help foot the bill for flooding, wildfires and other climate impacts.
The high court’s decision to stay out of the Hawaii case could have sweeping effects: Nearly 40 U.S. cities, states and counties have brought similar litigation in state courts against Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other major oil companies. Industry lawyers have warned that the cases will continue to multiply without Supreme Court intervention."
Lesley Clark, Scott Streater, and Pamela King report for E&E News January 13, 2025.
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