This decision from the same high court that decided last month, despite the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, that Hawaiians do not have a Constitutional right to bear arms.

A coalition of major oil companies are asking the Supreme Court to rule on a key aspect of numerous ongoing nationwide lawsuits filed by cities, counties and states, accusing the companies of deceiving the public about their role in causing global warming.

In a petition for writ of certiorari filed Wednesday, the oil companies — including Sunoco, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Marathon Petroleum, ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, among others — asked the high court to intervene in a climate case filed against them by the City and County of Honolulu. They said a Supreme Court judgment in the case could have far-reaching impacts on the other similar cases filed by other jurisdictions.

“Rarely does a case of such extraordinary importance to one of the nation’s most vital industries come before this Court,” the companies wrote in the filing. “Energy companies that produce, sell, and market fossil fuels are facing numerous lawsuits in state courts across the Nation seeking billions of dollars in damages for injuries allegedly caused by global climate change.”

The City of Honolulu will undoubtedly argue strongly against SCOTUS reviewing Hawaii’s Supreme Court decision. The problems resulting from the Hawaiian high court’s decision would not only be despicable but also disastrous.

Just one state would dominate the oil companies for the rest of the nation either the based only on that state’s concerns, or every state would be able to sue the oil companies out of existence citing climate change damages. Consequently, there would be about 50 different outcomes accompanied with varying levels of harm that would stretch into the billions of dollars.

But that is ultimately the left’s goal to drive fossil fuel companies into the ground and (in theory) replace them with renewable energy that would be unable to suit our energy needs. Then, our civilization would literally be finished.

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