Climate Change Reaches Supreme Court in Jurisdiction Clash (2)

Climate change is officially on the docket at the U.S. Supreme Court, which has agreed to review a procedural question that affects more than a dozen cases against Big Oil.

The justices on Friday granted a petition for review from BP Plc, Chevron Corp., and other companies that want climate cases kicked out of state courts and heard by federal judges instead.

The high court’s interest in the issue is good news for oil and gas companies, which have tried for years to push climate liability cases to federal courts, which are seen as more favorable to industry ...