Supreme Court Tosses Big Oil Appeal To Move Climate Lawsuit To Federal Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has tossed the appeal of five international oil giants to have the lawsuits against them filed by San Francisco and Oakland in California courts to be moved to a federal court. The two cities in California have been suing the oil supermajors ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP, and Shell since 2018, “alleging that the carbon emissions from their fossil fuel production had created an unlawful public nuisance.” The companies have produced and promoted the use of “massive amounts” of fossil fuels,…