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The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with one of the most consequential climate cases in years. The justices do not have to decide whether climate change is real or whether carbon dioxide warms the planet. They face a more basic question: Who pays the tab? In Suncor Energy v. Boulder County , Boulder County and the city of Boulder want ExxonMobil…

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