Boulder is suing over fossil fuel activities causing climate change, and Elena Kagan published a foreword in a Center Square report.
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What happened
Boulder is suing over fossil fuel activities causing climate change, and Elena Kagan published a foreword in a Center Square report.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Suncor Energy
Canadian energy company
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Boulder
city in and county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States
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Elena Kagan
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010
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