华盛顿——周一，在最高法院审理一起试图避免气候变化诉讼的案件时，石油公司面临着充满怀疑的提问。几位大法官对该行业试图叫停州和地方政府提起的数十起诉讼的行动表达了疑虑。
WASHINGTON—Oil companies seeking to avoid lawsuits over climate change faced skeptical questions Monday at the Supreme Court, with several justices expressing doubts about the industry’s campaign to shut down dozens of cases brought by state and local governments.
在新法院开庭的第一天，大法官们辩论了社区是否可以就极端天气事件造成的据称损害寻求经济赔偿，科学家称这些事件与全球化石燃料的燃烧有关。意识形态谱系各大法官指出，以州为基础的诉讼经常被用来针对产生广泛影响的其他行为，例如烟草营销、石棉制造或缺陷汽车的生产。
On the first day of the court’s new term, the justices debated whether communities can seek financial damages for harms allegedly caused by extreme weather events that scientists say are tied to the worldwide burning of fossil fuels. Justices across the ideological spectrum noted that state-based lawsuits are routinely used to target other conduct with widespread effects, such as the marketing of tobacco, the manufacture of asbestos or the production of defective automobiles.