Climate Activists Are Using This Supreme Court Case to Try to Bankrupt the Energy Industry

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Environmental activists gather outside as the Supreme Court hears a bid by oil companies to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colo., in Washington, D.C., October 5, 2026.

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Carrie Severino, president of the Judicial Crisis Network, believes that if Boulder prevails in its lawsuit against the energy company Suncor at the Supreme Court, the fallout “really could bankrupt the entire industry.”

I sat down with Severino after oral arguments in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County to discuss the case and its far-reaching implications.

Kamden Mulder

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Kamden Mulder

Kamden Mulder is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism. She is a graduate of Hillsdale College.

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