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Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate liability suits against fossil fuel companies

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Over the last five years, cities, counties, and states across the country have sued fossil fuel companies alleging that the companies violated state law in marketing their products as safe. Supreme Court declined to hear a petition on whether the climate liability cases should be heard in state or federal court.

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