Foreword
The two Donald Trump presidential administrations have halted or rolled back many policies Democratic presidents enacted to limit fossil fuel emissions and mitigate man-made climate change. As a result, some liberal state and local governments have searched for ways to take matters into their own hands. In 2018, the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, filed suit against two energy companies — ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy — seeking damages for alleged violations of state consumer protection, public-nuisance and anti-fraud laws, among other statutes. They cited what they claimed were the economic and environmental consequences of the companies’ business practices, including…
