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Alito recuses himself from major case on climate change and fossil fuels

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The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in the major climate change lawsuit between two energy companies and the city and county of Boulder, Colorado.

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All five outlets focus on Alito’s recusal from a major climate case and link it to pressure over his oil-company stock holdings. NBC News and the New York Times frame it as a reversal or recusal after calls for him to step aside, while CNBC and CBS emphasize the timing before next week’s arguments. Reason is the only outlet to spell out the case as Suncor Energy v. Boulder County and note that petitioners lose a vote they might need.

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