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- Supreme Court justices questioned the oil industry’s bid to shut down climate change lawsuits.
- 最高法院大法官质疑石油行业试图终止气候变化诉讼的请求。
The justices debated whether local governments can sue energy giants for harms allegedly caused by extreme weather events that scientists say are tied to the worldwide burning of fossil fuels.
大法官们就地方政府是否有权起诉能源巨头，指控其因极端天气事件（科学家称这些事件与全球化石燃料燃烧有关）造成的损害进行了辩论。来自不同意识形态阵营的大法官均指出，基于州的诉讼通常被用于针对具有广泛影响的其他行为，例如烟草营销或石棉制造。尽管如此，部分大法官仍对可能引发针对任何温室气体排放贡献企业的诉讼潮表示担忧。
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 or the manufacture of asbestos. Still, some expressed concern about opening the floodgates to cases against any company that contributed to greenhouse gas emissions.