Oil giant Sunoco is one of the major companies named in the Hawaii lawsuit. Christopher Sadowski. In June 2024, SCOTUS asked the Biden administration’s Solicitor General for the federal ...

Reply of petitioners Sunoco LP, et al. filed. (Distributed) 06/10/2024: The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. Justice Alito took no ...

Defendants Sunoco and Shell, along with 15 other energy companies, had asked the court to intervene and stop the Hawaii lawsuits from proceeding.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals filed by various oil companies trying to shut down a lawsuit in Hawaii that seeks to hold them accountable for climate change. The ...

The SG’s brief on the certiorari petition in Sunoco v. City of Honolulu fails to acknowledge the oil companies’ argument that the distinction collapses.

On Monday, Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii said his state intended to sue fossil fuel companies over their role in climate change to make them pay for damage from its effects, like the 2023 wildfires ...

Aloha spirit be damned, the Hawaii Supreme Court has deemed the oil industry unwelcome in the state. In a ruling late last year, the court affirmed that the city of Honolulu could file a lawsuit ...

The Supreme Court turned away appeals filed by various oil companies seeking to shut down a lawsuit brought in Hawaii seeking ...