US Supreme Court seeks government’s views on lawsuit against oil companies

The US Supreme Court requested President Joe Biden’s administration provide its perspective on Sunoco and other oil companies’ attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Honolulu. The lawsuit accuses them of deceiving the public for decades about the dangers of climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels. 

The US Solicitor General was invited to file a brief outlining the administration’s views on whether the court should hear a challenge to the city’s lawsuit.