Oil Companies Ask Supreme Court To Decide Preemption Issue In Climate Change Case

(June 5, 2024, 9:33 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a reply brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court, a group of oil and gas companies argue that the Hawaii Supreme Court erred by refusing to find that claims arising from the companies’ alleged efforts to conceal the effects their fossil fuel products would have on global climate change were not preempted by federal law....