Colorado ranchers support lawsuit against Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy

Seven Colorado ranchers have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a lawsuit brought by the city and county of Boulder against Exxon Mobil and three Suncor Energy entities. The litigation seeks monetary damages to cover costs related to wildfire response, watershed restoration, transportation infrastructure repair, and other harms attributed to climate change.

The ranchers' intervention follows a brief filed by several other Colorado counties that supported the fossil fuel companies. The defendants argue that states do not possess the authority to regulate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that originate outside their borders. The lawsuit focuses on financial compensation for damages rather than seeking to regulate emissions or fossil fuel production directly.