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Should Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide.

Washington Post Politics Sunday 04 October 2026, 10:00 UTC By Justin Jouvenal 1 min read
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MEEKER, Colo. — Kathleen Kelley’s family long had close ties to the oil industry, but the wildfire that swept over the ridge that framed her rolling 2,000-acre ranch in the Rockies prompted a reckoning. Democracy Dies in Darkness Courts & Law Should Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide.

MEEKER, Colo. — Kathleen Kelley’s family long had close ties to the oil industry, but the wildfire that swept over the ridge that framed her rolling 2,000-acre ranch in the Rockies prompted a reckoning. Democracy Dies in Darkness Courts & Law Should Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide. Boulder, Colo., is hoping its novel lawsuit will be the environmental equivalent of the landmark litigation that produced billions in damages and settlements against Big Tobacco and opioid makers. 11 min
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