Supreme Court deals blow to oil companies by turning away climate cases

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed lawsuits brought by municipalities seeking to hold energy companies accountable for climate change to move forward in a loss for business interests. "Big Oil companies have been desperate to avoid trials in state courts, where they will be forced to defend their climate lies in front of juries, and today the Supreme Court declined to bail them out," said Richard Wiles, the president of the Center for Climate Integrity, an environmental group. The lawsuits say the municipalities have been harmed by the effects of climate change caused by carbon emissions that the oil companies are heavily responsible for

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