JAYAPAL AND WHITEHOUSE LEAD 90 COLLEAGUES IN BRIEF SUPPORTING THE ABILITY OF STATES AND LOCALITIES TO HOLD BIG OIL AND GAS COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR CLIMATE-RELATED HARMS

Washington, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal issued the following press release:

U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today led 90 members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the case of Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. The brief explains that the Clean Air Act, the Constitution, and federal foreign policy do not prevent states and localities from holding oil and gas companies accountable for climate-related harms stemming from deceptive marketing and sales of their knowingly harmful products.

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