Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
40%
10 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
95/100
Los Angeles Times's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
36
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Supreme Court sounds wary of state-based climate change suits against oil producers
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- Several justices suggested that local and state claims against oil companies may be blocked by the federal Clean Air Act.
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claims → sound → Act
California and nearly three dozen states and municipalities have filed such claims.
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California → file → claims
The Supreme Court justices sounded wary Monday of state-by-state lawsuits that could impose huge damage verdicts on energy producers for the impact of global climate change.
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that → sound → change
Instead, several of them suggested these local and state claims may be blocked by the federal Clean Air Act.
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claims → suggest → Act
“Interstate air and water pollution are matters for federal law,” said Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
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Kavanaugh → say → law
“We don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
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We → have → wheel
This kind of pollution is a federal matter unless Congress says otherwise.”
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Congress → say → pollution
Justice Elena Kagan appeared to agree.
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Kagan → appear → ?
State-by-state lawsuits “get in way of how Congress decided to regulate greenhouse gases,” she said.
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she → get → gases
At issue before the court was the question of whether cities and states may sue oil and gas producers for the damages inflicted by climate change.
California and nearly three dozen states and municipalities have filed such claims, but none have gone to trial.
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none → sue → trial
The outcome of the Colorado case could affect California’s 2023 lawsuit against the five largest oil companies and other similar litigation.
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outcome → affect → companies
Last year, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Boulder County may sue for damages in a local court.
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County → rule → court
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the oil industry backed by the Trump administration.
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Court → agree → administration
Its lawyers argued that the Constitution and federal law do not allow for such claims to be resolved in local courts.
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claims → argue → courts
Chief Justice John G. Roberts sounded skeptical of opening the door to a wave of climate change lawsuits.
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Roberts → sound → lawsuits
How would that work out?” he asked a lawyer representing Boulder.
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he → work → Boulder
For much of the two-hour argument, the justices struggled over whether federal law imposes a limit on such lawsuits, or instead whether states and their judges are free to seek damages for the harm they have suffered.
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they → struggle → harm
They did not signal a clear outcome but most of them sounded as though they leaned toward saying that federal law governs such far-reaching damage claims.
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law → signal → claims
The energy producers turned to the Supreme Court after losing in state court.
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producers → turn → court
They hope the high court will shut down more than three dozen lawsuits seeking damages for the impact of climate change.
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court → hope → change
So far, judges across the nation have been divided.
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judges → divide → nation
Some have ruled that federal law preempts or blocks states and counties from suing under state law.
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law → rule → law
But others, including the Colorado Supreme Court, ruled the lawsuits may proceed under state law.
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lawsuits → include → law
Justice Samuel A. Alito, a staunch conservative, said he is sitting out the case, presumably because he owns stock in oil companies that would be affected by a ruling.
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that → say → ruling
If the court splits 4-4 and cannot rule, it would be major disappointment for the oil industry because it would allow all the climate-change suits to proceed, at least for now.
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suits → split → industry
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