Energy Groups Want Minnesota Climate Case Heard in Supreme Court

The American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corp., and other energy giants want the US Supreme Court to weigh in on a climate misinformation suit brought by the state of Minnesota.

The companies filed a certiorari petition on Friday in the case, which is one of many suits seeking to hold companies accountable for alleged misrepresentations of climate change and fossil fuels.

Justices sent a few climate lawsuits back to appeals courts for a second review after examining a petition in Baltimore’s climate suit in 2021. But the Supreme Court has largely denied company bids to take up recent petitions, including ...