Energy Companies Bring Boulder Climate Suit to Supreme Court (1)

Oil and gas companies embroiled in nationwide climate litigation want the US Supreme Court to revisit a Colorado-based tort suit that they claim reaches far beyond state authority, according to a petition filed Friday.

Exxon Mobil Corp., Suncor Energy Inc., and other industry defendants are appealing a decision handed down by the Colorado Supreme Court in May, which allowed a Boulder County, Colo., climate case to move closer toward trial.

The case would give US Supreme Court justices the opportunity to resolve “one of the most important questions currently pending in the lower courts,” according to the ...