SCOTUS hears climate cases amid soaring energy costs

(The Center Square) - Energy advocates warned against green energy demands that are driving up prices across the country. As anti-oil and gas activists across the country are seeking legal pathways to straddle the energy industry, U.S. companies are making less effective products at higher prices to comply with demands while customers suffer, industry insiders argue. On Monday, justices in the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Plaquemines Parish v. Chevron. The case centers around whether the energy company Chevron can move a case to federal court when federal government contracts are involved. Plaquemines Parish, in Louisiana, originally sought damages from multiple oil and gas companies for allegedly engaging in oil and gas production on the coast without securing proper permits or violating preexisting permits. Some of the violations date back to the World War II-era, when the federal government had production contracts with energy companies now owned by Chevron. Louisiana a