{"id":"b2f71002-35b2-465f-bccb-898815528e94","url":"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-10-04/supreme-court-oil-companies-forced-to-pay-for-climate-change","domain":"latimes.com","outlet":{"name":"Los Angeles Times","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate damage","plainHeadline":"Supreme Court to decide if oil firms can be sued for climate damages","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Court will hear whether oil and gas firms can be forced to pay damages for climate impacts.","California and others sue five largest oil companies alleging decades of deception.","Case mirrors tobacco and opioid litigation but faces questions of federal vs. state law.","Colorado Boulder County ruling allowed suits to proceed on common-law grounds.","Justices may rule on federal preemption or issue ties if Justice Alito withdraws."],"topics":["Politics","Climate"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T10:00:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-04T10:25:15.253Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a498db27-5c0f-473e-8a00-aa1bfae9b0b1","storyId":"a498db27-5c0f-473e-8a00-aa1bfae9b0b1","image":"https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/80bd342/2147483647/strip/false/crop/4088x3064+0+0/resize/1500x1124!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fba%2F95%2F66f9fd6645c8b041b555eac65e18%2F1572262-me-hurricane-polo-capo-beach-ajs-19.jpg","author":"David G. Savage","dek":"The outcome of the Colorado case could affect California's 2023 lawsuit against the five largest oil companies and other similar litigation."}