最高法院开启新审期，首案审理石油巨头气候诉讼
美国最高法院10月5日（周一）开启为期九个月的新审期，首日即听审埃克森美孚（ExxonMobil）与 Suncor Energy 要求驳回科罗拉多州博尔德市气候损害诉讼的上诉案。博尔德市县政府指控两家石油公司助长气候变化并误导公众，要求赔偿基础设施修复、环境损害与公共健康等费用。
特朗普政府支持油企立场，主张州级诉讼被联邦法律所取代。全美已有近60个州和地方政府提起类似诉讼；若最高法院支持油企，众多同类案件可能随之被驳回。
本审期还将陆续审理涉及移民政策、多州「攻击性武器」禁令等重大案件，最高法院6比3的保守派多数走向备受关注。
Supreme Court Opens New Term With Big Oil's Bid to Toss Climate Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new nine-month term on Monday, Oct. 5, hearing ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy's bid to scuttle a lawsuit by Boulder, Colorado, seeking damages for harms caused by climate change. Boulder's city and county governments accuse the two oil companies of helping drive climate change and misleading the public, and seek payment for infrastructure repairs, environmental damage, emergency management and public-health harms.
The Trump administration backs the companies, arguing federal law precludes the state-law claims. Nearly 60 state and local governments have filed similar suits; a ruling for the companies could lead to many of them being dismissed.
The justices' 6-3 conservative majority will also hear major cases this term involving the administration's immigration policies and state bans on assault-style rifles.
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