Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases. For the first time, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted oil companies’ request to weigh in on whether climate accountability lawsuits are preempted by federal law — setting the stage for a battle that could determine if dozens of similar cases are allowed to move toward trial. The decision means the court will hear arguments from ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to overturn an earlier ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court,…
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President Donald Trump has all but dismantled U.S. efforts to curb pollution that’s warming the planet and harming human health. Yet with every federal blow to climate action, states have launched a counterpunch. Take Colorado: After Trump and congressional Republicans ended federal EV tax credits, the state juiced its own clean-car incentives. California has meanwhile inked a deal with the United Kingdom to cooperate on clean energy and climate efforts. And several other states are considering “climate superfund” laws, which seek to hold fossil fuel companies financially responsible for climate change–induced damages.…
There’s a lot happening in New York health right now — from universal child care plans and the New York City nurses’ strike to rising health care premiums and continued flu. Let’s jump right in. Last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a joint plan to bring truly universal child care to New York City and extend it across the state. Why this matters Access to high-quality child care has been shown to benefit children’s and parents’ health and well-being: It’s important to note that the quality…