MAP Statement on Colorado Supreme Court’s Ruling

Washington, D.C. – Linda Kelly, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the National Association of Manufacturers, issued the following statement in response to the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling.

“The Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling deepens the conflict among the nation’s courts as to whether local government lawsuits seeking money from the energy industry over climate change is a valid use of a state’s law. As other courts have held, it is not. And, it is now incumbent on the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and establish a uniform rule that can be applied wherever these cases are brought and make clear that neither the law, nor commonsense, subjects energy producers and sellers to liability for climate change. This entire litigation is a misguided approach to addressing the very real challenges of climate change and a distraction from real solutions that will allow the world to source and use energy in ways that are affordable and sustainable.”