The Supreme Court declined to block states from suing large oil corporations over climate change impacts.
Republican attorneys general unsuccessfully tried to halt these lawsuits, arguing against state jurisdiction.
Democratic-led states allege that these oil companies misled the public about climate change for many years.
This Supreme Court decision allows numerous pending lawsuits against the oil industry to move forward.
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