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Sneaky leftist lawsuits are taking aim at US energy dominance

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Midway through 2026, energy is the issue of the moment.

The standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, soaring gas prices, the race to build AI data centers, and intensifying competition with China all point to the same question: Who will produce the energy that powers the modern world?

That question is now headed to the US Supreme Court.

In a few months, the justices will hear arguments in one of the most consequential energy cases in decades, Suncor v. Boulder County.

It’s one of dozens of lawsuits brought by progressive state and local governments seeking to make oil and gas companies pay for global warming.

The high court’s decision could determine not only the future of climate litigation, but whether the United States remains an energy superpower.

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If the justices greenlight Boulder’s climate claims, the sky’s the limit on the liability costs the energy industry could face.

The lawsuit cites damages “in the billions of dollars.”

That’s just a starting point — in an identical case, a single Oregon county is seeking more than $50 billion in climate damages.

Together, these cases threaten to extract hundreds of billions of dollars........

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