Big Island BLNR member Riley Smith raised some concerns about the quality of the fuel storage tanks on the site, noting that the aging equipment could be susceptible to leaks and does not appear to have any system to contain any leaks that do occur.

Defendants Sunoco and Shell, along with 15 other energy companies, had asked the court to intervene and stop the Hawaii lawsuits from proceeding. They had hoped to move the cases out of Hawaii state courts by arguing that interstate pollution is governed by federal law and the Clean Air Act.

Justices have once again denied an oil major climate challenge, ruling to sit out on Honolulu’s climate dispute and further clearing the path for climate tort cases on the verge of trial.

In Hawaii, Sunoco and Shell appealed to the Supreme Court after losing in front of the state's highest court on a lawsuit from the city of Honolulu. Other companies that have faced lawsuits elsewhere include Chevron, Exxon Mobil and BP.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by oil companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Honolulu seeking to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change. The defendants

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Sunoco and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by Honolulu accusing them of misleading the public for decades about the dangers of climate change induced by the burning of fossil fuels.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Maryland’s handgun licensing regime, as well as a pair of cases seeking to hold oil and gas companies responsible for damage caused by climate change.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Sunoco and other major oil companies attempting to halt Honolulu’s climate lawsuit. In the case, initially filed in 2020, fossil fuel companies are accused of misleading the public about the dangers of climate change caused by their products,

Today the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Sunoco LP v. Honolulu and Shell PLC v. Honolulu, two petitions from oil companies seeking High Court

The high court declined to hear a challenge to a major case in which Honolulu is suing energy companies over climate change.

in opposition filed. VIDED. May 21 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024. May 21 2024 Reply of petitioners Sunoco LP, et al. filed. (Distributed) Jun 10 2024 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to a similar suit brought by Honolulu, which seeks some compensation from oil companies for the effects of climate change.