CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: WASHINGTON (December 11, 2024)--The U.S. Department of Justice, through Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, submitted two significant briefs yesterday urging the Supreme Court to reject petitions in Sunoco et al. v. Honolulu and Alabama et al. v. California et al. The petitions both seek to block state and local lawsuits centered on holding fossil fuel companies accountable for decades of more PR