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Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate damage

4 October 2026 at 13:00

The outcome of the Colorado case could affect California's 2023 lawsuit against the five largest oil companies and other similar litigation.

Β© Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times

Capistrano Beach, Calif. - Sept. 29, 2026: A person watches from a red-tagged home as heavy machinery moves boulders into position to reinforce a protective seawall while powerful swells from Hurricane Polo, combined with a high tide, crash over the existing boulders and seawalls in the Capistrano Bay District community along Beach Road. Recent swells from Hurricane Marie destroyed or demolished two homes in the community and caused severe structural damage to others, with eight homes remaining red-tagged and seven yellow-tagged as residents face continued threats from powerful surf and coastal erosion. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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