By Nate Raymond, Reuters
ExxonMobil (XOM.N), opens new tab and subsidiaries of Suncor Energy (SU.TO), opens new tab have lost their bids to dismiss a lawsuit by Boulder, Colorado, alleging the energy companies contributed to climate change by concealing from the public the dangers of unchecked fossil fuel use.
Boulder County District Court Judge Robert Gunning on Friday largely rejected, opens new tab the companies contention that Colorado’s courts lacked jurisdiction over them and that federal law trumped the state-law claims asserted by the city and its surrounding county.