The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry on Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that seek billions of dollars in damages for the impact of climate change.

Youth climate activists slept outside an oil refinery in South L.A. to demand $200 billion in climate reparations.

The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by oil companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Honolulu seeking to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change. The defendants

The high court declined to hear a challenge to a major case in which Honolulu is suing energy companies over climate change.

The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry on Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that seek billions of dollars in damages for the impact of climate change.

Justices denied petitions put forward by Sunoco LP and Shell that asked for a review of a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed Honolulu’s climate lawsuit to continue.

In Hawaii, Sunoco and Shell appealed to the Supreme Court after losing in front of the state's highest court on a lawsuit from the city of Honolulu. Other companies that have faced lawsuits elsewhere include Chevron, Exxon Mobil and BP.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not hear an appeal from certain major oil and gas companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the

Dozens of similar cases are cropping up around the country, with states and cities trying to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the expensive destruction wreaked by the climate crisis.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from major oil companies seeking to block climate change lawsuits, clearing the way for Honolulu’s claims against industry giants to proceed. This decision,