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Supreme Court Justices Cite ‘Wall of Precedent’ Against Boulder Climate Lawfare

Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Monday of Boulder County’s claims that the energy company Suncor caused the county concrete harm by contributing to global climate change in a case that could open the floodgates of climate lawfare across the country. “If Boulder’s claims are allowed to go forward, some 90,000 municipalities across the country…

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