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Nineteen States Ask Supreme Court to Block California Lawsuit against Oil Companies

May 30, 2024
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Nineteen Republican attorneys general filed a complaint directly with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to block California and four other states from suing major oil and gas companies in state courts for climate change-related damages.

The complaint alleges that California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Minnesota and Rhode Island are trying to regulate global…

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