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Supreme Court signals interest in hearing a major climate change case that could be a 'nightmare' for liberals
Fox News ^ | June 15, 2024 | Brianna Herlihy

Posted on 06/15/2024 1:28:25 PM PDT by Twotone

The Supreme Court seemed to signal interest this week in taking up a challenge launched by Hawaii against big oil companies to hold them liable for climate change, and some Democrats are suggesting the high court is "captured" for the fossil fuel industry.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on a petition to hear a lawsuit brought by the City of Honolulu against major fuel companies including Sunoco, Exxon and Chevron, claiming the companies’ products cause greenhouse gas emissions and global warming without warning consumers about the risks.

The city employed a series of state laws like public nuisance and trespass measures and said the companies should pay billions to the state to abate the effects of climate change like weather events, sea level rise, heat waves, flooding and global warming generally.

The high court gave DOJ no deadline for the solicitor general’s input, but its request indicates a high likelihood the court wants to hear the case.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: agw; chevron; climatechange; econuts; extortionracket; exxon; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hawaii; honolulu; lawfare; lawsuits; oilcompanies; scotus; sunoco; supremecourt
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To: Twotone
"claiming the companies’ products cause greenhouse gas emissions and global warming without warning consumers about the risks."

Did the companies warn consumers about all the benefits? Such as longer lifespans, better standard of living, fewer cold-related deaths, and more productive agriculture?

Let's have a full accounting of risks as well as benefits, and have the prosecutors or defendants pay the other the difference.

21 posted on 06/15/2024 2:24:10 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo (No one is above the law, but some are more above the law than others.)
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To: Twotone

SHOW ME THE WARNINGS ON FENTYNAL.


22 posted on 06/15/2024 2:24:38 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: bray

i agree

but i would say create imaginary problems


23 posted on 06/15/2024 2:26:10 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: for-q-clinton

Better yet, everyone should.


24 posted on 06/15/2024 2:29:30 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: SteveH

If there was a market for whale meat and/or whale milk, there would be a supply of whales to provide whale oil and an inventive to domesticate the whales and raise them for crop. I wonder if whale farts pollute the ocean, or if they blow off steam from the other end to blow off now.


25 posted on 06/15/2024 2:35:39 PM PDT by Bernard (“God's cruelest punishment is to let you reap what you sow.”)
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To: for-q-clinton

Or plug up those volcanoes.


26 posted on 06/15/2024 2:37:38 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Twotone

What was the impact on climate due to incompetently allowing most of Maui to burn to the ground?


27 posted on 06/15/2024 2:42:35 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath
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To: for-q-clinton

It’s the buyer that’s guilty of the crimes their alleging.


28 posted on 06/15/2024 2:47:02 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: nwrep

One justice said “the Aloha Spirit inspires constitutional interpretation.”

What the hell is that supposed to mean?


29 posted on 06/15/2024 2:52:25 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: nwrep

Aloha-Alito

Has a soothing Hawaiian ring to it, doesn’t it.


30 posted on 06/15/2024 2:54:34 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: gibsonguy

On the whole, Hawaiians occupy the far left of the Bell Curve.


31 posted on 06/15/2024 3:00:47 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Bernard

> whale farts pollute the ocean, or if they blow off steam from the other end to blow off now.

Not only that but whales exhale CO2 and also consume O2 thus indirectly increasing CO2 %.

Of course, we should also build HSR in Hawaii to reduce auto/helicopter/airplane pollution.


32 posted on 06/15/2024 3:04:53 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: laplata

Never let a dead body go to waste.


33 posted on 06/15/2024 3:08:55 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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To: Twotone

Here’s the problem....first they can’t prove it...second...what would be the peoples alternative.


34 posted on 06/15/2024 3:33:15 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Twotone

It should be interesting when the court asks for proof… Real solid, proof. The greenies and climate cultists can’t do it


35 posted on 06/15/2024 3:45:13 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Twotone

The climate change crisis is the worst bout of mass insanity since the witchcraft trials, and perhaps the worst ever.


36 posted on 06/15/2024 3:47:27 PM PDT by devere
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To: Twotone

There’s no such a thing as a fossil fuel


37 posted on 06/15/2024 3:50:25 PM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: devere

The climate change crisis is the worst bout of mass insanity


Interesting question. I might have gone with tulip investing but that was not world wide.

You may have won but the following are interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_panic_cases


38 posted on 06/15/2024 3:53:57 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Twotone

39 posted on 06/15/2024 4:00:27 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Thanks for the link. After perusing it, I rest my case.

Tulip mania was dramatic, but localized, and not that harmful.


40 posted on 06/15/2024 4:18:27 PM PDT by devere
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