Supreme Court Denies Oil Companies’ Petitions In Hawaii Climate Change Cases

( January 14, 2025, 1:17 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 denied a pair of petitions for writ of certiorari filed by two groups of oil companies that asked the court to determine whether the Hawaii Supreme Court erred in finding that claims arising from the companies’ alleged efforts to conceal the potential effects of their fossil fuel products on global climate change are not preempted by federal law....