The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could end the practice of cities suing energy companies, claiming their businesses harm the public by increasing greenhouse gas emissions and causing global warming. In 2018, Boulder County, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor, blaming them for contributing to worldwide emissions, with the aim of collecting a massive damage award. If this case goes against Boulder County, it could be a landmark decision that clarifies that national energy policy is set by the federal government through the people’s elected representatives—not radical activists who find a friendly court.
On Episode 192 of The Climate Realism Show, The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and special guest Steve Milloy explain what’s at stake in this case and how it might (or should) go. We will also cover the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including a curtain to stop the “Doomsday Glacier,” climate change supposedly causing more people to be eaten by tigers, and what Trump said about the future of energy in his State of the Union address.
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