High court to rule on climate change lawsuits

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide on shielding energy producers from dozens of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for costs of global climate change.

- BY DAVID G. SAVAGE

HEATHER DIEHL Getty Images THE SUPREME COURT said it will hear arguments in the case in October.

In the last decade, dozens of cities, counties and states, including California, have joined state-based lawsuits that seek billions of dollars in damages, and they have won preliminary victories in state courts.