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The surprising allies backing Boulder’s climate case before the Supreme Court

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The surprising allies backing Boulder’s climate case before the Supreme Court
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Deirdre Macnab was reading her local newspaper this spring when she learned that Rio Blanco County, where she lives in northwest Colorado, had taken the side of oil companies in a major lawsuit before the Supreme Court. Suncor and Exxon Mobil were trying to get out of standing trial — the city and county of Boulder had sued them, seeking damages for the rising costs of adapting to heat waves, wildfires, and floods.



After ranching for a decade, Macnab had seen those costs firsthand. During one

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