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By Katie Buehler, LAW360 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said this week he “reluctantly” recused himself from a dispute that could decide whether state and local government can sue Big Oil in state courts for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions, while suggesting the high court’s members shouldn’t make a practice of explaining their…

By Kerri Anne Renzulli, AARP https://www.aarp.org/money/personal-finance/beat-surveillance-pricing/ You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply. Determining whether you’re truly getting a good deal can feel like navigating a minefield these days, as inflation, tariffs and frequent sales leave…

By Chase Woodruff, COLORADO NEWSLINE https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/10/05/boulder-fossil-fuel-companies-supreme-court/ Attorneys representing two Colorado local governments are set for a high-stakes legal showdown over climate change Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court, where they'll ask justices to allow Boulder's lawsuit seeking monetary damages from two fossil fuel companies to proceed in state court. With help from the Trump administration,…

I couldn’t believe the text I got on Sunday that said Governor Newsom had vetoed two bills that grew out of fire survivors’ fight to get the insurance benefits they are owed. SB 877 and SB 878, bills authored by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez representing the Eaton fire area, changed insurance claims-handling practices to help wildfire…

By Noah Austin, POLITICO Gavin Newsom swept into office as a Tesla-driving Democrat who rejected donations from the oil industry and touted his plans to end the “fossil fuel era.” Once in power, he put the state on track to ban the sale of new gas cars, and convened multiple legislative special sessions targeting oil…