The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Sunoco and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by Honolulu accusing them of misleading the public for decades about the dangers of climate change induced by the burning of fossils fuels.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by oil companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Honolulu seeking to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change. The defendants

The Supreme Court is declining to hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Sunoco and other major oil companies attempting to halt Honolulu’s climate lawsuit. In the case, initially filed in 2020, fossil fuel companies are accused of misleading the public about the dangers of climate change caused by their products,

The oil and gas industry has faced a series of cases alleging it deceived the public about how fossil fuels contribute to climate change.

The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry on Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that seek billions of dollars in damages for the impact of climate change.

DOJ solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar previously urged the Court to reject the oil industry’s efforts to stop the lawsuit.