这项裁决可能界定州法律在全国范围内的效力，并决定地方政府能否让石油公司为气候成本买单。
The ruling could define the reach of state law nationwide and determine whether local governments can put oil companies on the hook for climate costs.
一位为石油巨头辩护的资深最高法院律师。一名与化石燃料行业并肩作战的特朗普政府律师。还有一些地方官员称，气候变化带来的影响正让当地 taxpayer 承担费用。
A veteran Supreme Court advocate for Big Oil. A Trump administration attorney arguing alongside the fossil fuel industry. And local officials who say their taxpayers are being left with the tab for the effects of climate change.
他们只是周一齐聚最高法院的关键人物之一。这场重磅对决可能让地方政府近十年来要求石油和天然气生产商为全球气温上升加剧的灾难承担成本的诉讼几乎全部泡汤。
These are among the key players converging at the Supreme Court on Monday for a blockbuster fight that could derail nearly a decade of lawsuits from local governments seeking to make oil and gas producers pay for the costs of disasters worsened by rising global temperatures.
Suncor Energy 诉博尔德县委员会一案所涉及的，是由近40个地方政府和部落政府发起的一系列法律行动的未来；如果这些案件不被驳回，石油行业称其可能面临数百亿美元的成本。
At stake in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County is the future of a legal campaign brought by nearly 40 local and tribal governments — and billions of dollars in costs the oil industry says it could face if those cases survive.
Torridon Law 合伙人、前司法部长比尔·巴尔曾代表化石燃料倡导组织美国能源研究所。他说：“他们寻求的损害赔偿将造成毁灭性影响。这些案件必须了结，这整套做法也必须被终结。”
“What’s being sought are damages that would be crippling,” said former Attorney General Bill Barr, a partner at Torridon Law who has represented the fossil fuel advocacy group American Energy Institute. “It’s imperative these cases be put to rest and this whole approach be put to rest.”