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Politics● ElevatedOct 5 · Oct 5, 2026, 12:53 PM

Live updates: Supreme Court opens term with climate change case

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with oral arguments in a major climate case that could determine the future of state and local efforts to recover damages from fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming. Suncor v. Boulder is an appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court decision that allowed claims of…

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