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Supreme Court hears major climate change case

Oct 4, 1 AM ET to Oct 6, 7 PM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean

45outlets carried it
🫏19 · 10 · 14🐘left · center · right
2.8 dayson the front pages
36front pages at once, at its peak
24 minof TV captions
29radio newscasts
51people retold it online

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 4, 1 AM ETfirst on a front page: Independent Journal Review
Oct 4, 9 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 4, 10 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 6, 4 AM ETretold online by 51 people
Oct 6, 8 AM ETpeak: on 36 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 4, 9 AM to Oct 6, 7 PM ET (peak 36), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (New York Post)

💬 quoted: “climate lawfare” “Egregiously Exceeds Constitutional Limits” “Wall of Precedent”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 climate lawfare 🐘 colorado climate

✏️ 25 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (3 wordings): “Killer beetles, tinderbox forests: Climate change costs center stage at Supreme Court” → “Supreme Court divided over climate change case”
Bloomberg (3 wordings): “Climate Science Under Political Attack Reaches US Supreme Court” → “Supreme Court Grapples With Climate Suits Against Companies”
CBS News (5 wordings): “Supreme Court to weigh energy companies' bid to end climate-change suit” → “Supreme Court wrestles with energy companies' bid to block major climate suit”
CNN (3 wordings): “An 8-justice Supreme Court to decide whether cities can sue oil companies for climate change impacts” → “Conservative justices ask sharp questions of Colorado city suing oil companies over climate change impacts”
Google News (2 wordings): “The Supreme Court will hear a major climate change case involving a devastating Colorado wildfire - AP News” → “The Supreme Court will hear a major climate change case involving a devastating Colorado wildfire - apnews.com”
HuffPost (2 wordings): “Supreme Court Will Hear Major Climate Change Case Involving A Devastating Colorado Wildfire” → “New Supreme Court Term Begins With Cases On Immigration, Religious Rights And More”
Independent Journal Review (5 wordings): “Supreme Court to Hear Boulder Climate Case” → “Supreme Court Weighs Climate Lawsuits Against Oil Companies”
Just the News (2 wordings): “Supreme Court set to hear Suncor v. Boulder climate lawsuit arguments” → “Supreme Court kicks off new term with justices torn over Colorado climate case”
Los Angeles Times (2 wordings): “Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate damage” → “Supreme Court sounds wary of state-based climate change suits against oil producers”
NBC News (4 wordings): “New Supreme Court term begins with a climate change case seeking to hold energy companies liable” → “Live updates: Supreme Court hears arguments on city lawsuits against oil companies over climate change”
New York Post (3 wordings): “Slick moves Supreme Court hears bid by Exxon, oil companies to avoid Colorado climate lawsuit” → “Supreme Court hears bid by Exxon, oil companies to avoid Colorado climate lawsuit”
New York Times (3 wordings): “A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins” → “Supreme Court Begins Term With Major Climate Case”
Newsmax (6 wordings): “Supreme Court to Hear Colo. Wildfire Climate Case” → “Supreme Court Appears Split Over Boulder Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Companies”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Supreme Court Update: 3 Major Cases Justices to Decide in New Term” → “Supreme Court: Three Major Cases Justices to Decide in New Term”
PBS NewsHour (4 wordings): “LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears case seeking damages from fossil fuel industry for climate change” → “Supreme Court hears case on holding energy companies liable for climate change”
Reuters (5 wordings): “US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suits - reuters.com” → “US Supreme Court wrestles with oil companies' bid to scuttle climate lawsuit”
Scripps News (2 wordings): “Climate Change SCOTUS will hear a major climate change case involving Colorado wildfire AP via Scripps News Group” → “Supreme Court New Supreme Court term brings cases on climate change, immigration, gun rights AP via Scripps News Group”
The Daily Caller (2 wordings): “Supreme Court Split On Making Oil Companies Pay For Climate Change, Oral Arguments Suggest” → “Legal Experts React To Supreme Court Showdown Over Climate Lawsuits”
The Epoch Times (5 wordings): “Supreme Court to Hear Pivotal Climate Case With Billions at Stake” → “Legal Analysts Say Climate Lawsuit Faces Uphill Battle at Supreme Court”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits” → “US supreme court hears big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits”
The Hill (8 wordings): “Listen live: Supreme Court kicks off new term with major climate case” → “Justices appear unconvinced of oil companies’ bid to quash climate suits”
The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Should Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide.” → “Supreme Court grapples with case on holding Big Oil liable for climate change”
The Washington Sun (2 wordings): “The Supreme Court Is Considering the Future of Climate Change Lawsuits” → “Supreme Court Wrestles With Future of Climate Change Cases”
The Washington Times (3 wordings): “Immigration, religion and AR-15s on Supreme Court’s early docket as justices open new term” → “Supreme Court wades into climate change dispute between energy companies and states”
Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “Supreme Court case could crimp states’ ability to sue oil and gas firms over climate change” → “SCOTUS split on allowing Boulder’s climate change lawsuit to proceed”

Every outlet's first headline (45), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Supreme Court Will Hear Major Climate Change Case Involving A Devastating Colorado Wildfire Oct 3, 8 AM ET
Mother Jones Billionaires Know Just How They Want Supreme Court Justices to Rule—and Are Spending Big to Tell Them Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Raw Story This case pits Trump against the Supreme Court justices' own kids Oct 3, 8 AM ET
Slate The Supreme Court Just Took What Will Be the Blockbuster Case of the Term Oct 3, 11 AM ET
The Guardian US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits Oct 5, 1 PM ET
Vox The Supreme Court is looking for a way to kill climate lawsuits Oct 5, 5 PM ET
ABC News Killer beetles, tinderbox forests: Climate change costs center stage at Supreme Court Oct 5, 7 AM ET
Axios Boulder climate case gets boost in Supreme Court Oct 5, 6 PM ET
CBS News Supreme Court to weigh energy companies' bid to end climate-change suit Oct 4, 9 AM ET
CNN An 8-justice Supreme Court to decide whether cities can sue oil companies for climate change impacts Oct 5, 8 AM ET
Google News The Supreme Court will hear a major climate change case involving a devastating Colorado wildfire - AP News Oct 3, 2 PM ET
Los Angeles Times Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate damage Oct 4, 7 AM ET
NBC News New Supreme Court term begins with a climate change case seeking to hold energy companies liable Oct 5, 7 AM ET
NPR Supreme Court's new term kicks off with blockbuster climate change case Oct 5, 7 AM ET
New York Times A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins Oct 4, 1 PM ET
PBS NewsHour LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears case seeking damages from fossil fuel industry for climate change Oct 5, 8 AM ET
The Washington Post Should Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide. Oct 4, 7 AM ET
USA Today Trump. Climate. AR-15s. The Supreme Court is about to go back to work Oct 4, 9 AM ET
Yahoo News Guns, voting, immigration and more: The biggest cases the Supreme Court will take up in its new term Oct 3, 8 AM ET
Bloomberg Climate Science Under Political Attack Reaches US Supreme Court Oct 5, 8 AM ET
Chicago Tribune New Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rights Oct 5, 8 AM ET
Newsweek Supreme Court Update: 3 Major Cases Justices to Decide in New Term Oct 4, 7 AM ET
Reason 2 Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Month Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Reuters US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suits - reuters.com Oct 4, 7 AM ET
Scripps News Climate Change SCOTUS will hear a major climate change case involving Colorado wildfire AP via Scripps News Group Oct 3, 1 PM ET
Straight Arrow News Supreme Court to hear high-stakes climate case Monday Oct 4, 7 PM ET
CS Monitor Guns, immigration, climate change top the Supreme Court docket By Henry Gass / 5 min Oct 4, 5 AM ET
The Hill Listen live: Supreme Court kicks off new term with major climate case Oct 5, 10 AM ET
WSJ Supreme Court Questions Oil Companies’ Bid to Shut Down Climate Lawsuits Oct 5, 3 PM ET
Just the News Supreme Court set to hear Suncor v. Boulder climate lawsuit arguments Oct 4, 4 PM ET
National Review Why the Supreme Court Should Shut Down Boulder’s Climate Case Oct 2, 5 PM ET
The Epoch Times Supreme Court to Hear Pivotal Climate Case With Billions at Stake Oct 5, 8 AM ET
The Washington Times Immigration, religion and AR-15s on Supreme Court’s early docket as justices open new term Oct 4, 8 AM ET
Washington Examiner Supreme Court case could crimp states’ ability to sue oil and gas firms over climate change Oct 2, 5 PM ET
Fox News Catholic schools, banned rifles and ‘climate lawfare’: Blockbuster fights await Supreme Court Oct 5, 9 AM ET
IJR Supreme Court to Hear Boulder Climate Case Oct 4, 1 AM ET
New York Post Slick moves Supreme Court hears bid by Exxon, oil companies to avoid Colorado climate lawsuit Oct 5, 12 PM ET
Newsmax Supreme Court to Hear Colo. Wildfire Climate Case Oct 3, 10 AM ET
The Daily Caller Supreme Court Split On Making Oil Companies Pay For Climate Change, Oral Arguments Suggest Oct 5, 1 PM ET
The Daily Signal Supreme Court Justices Cite ‘Wall of Precedent’ Against Boulder Climate Lawfare Oct 5, 4 PM ET
The Daily Wire Guns, Immigration, And Religious Liberty: Inside The Supreme Court’s New Term Oct 6, 7 PM ET
The Federalist SCOTUS Tackles Colorado’s Climate Lawfare In Kickoff To 2026 Term Oct 6, 8 AM ET
Free Beacon Supreme Court Hears Arguments in High-Stakes Colorado Climate Case Seeking To Hold Oil Companies Financially Liable for Global Warming: ‘Egregiously Exceeds Constitutional Limits’ Oct 5, 6 PM ET
The Washington Sun The Supreme Court Is Considering the Future of Climate Change Lawsuits Oct 4, 7 AM ET
Washington Reporter Op-Ed: Solicitor General Eric Wessan: The Supreme Court’s first case asks whether Boulder, Colorado can regulate the planet Oct 3, 5 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN21 min

Fox News2 min

MSNOW32 s

SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER CITIES CAN SUE OIL COMPANIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CNN, 4 min
SUPREME COURT'S NEW TERM BEGINS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE CASE CNN, 3 min
U.S. SUPREME COURT TAKES ON CLIMATE, GUNS, IMMIGRATION CNN, 3 min
SUPREME COURT KICKS OFF NEW TERM TODAY WITH ROUND OF CRITICAL CASES CNN, 2 min
U.S. SUPREME COURT STARTS NEW TERM WITH BLOCKBUSTER CASE CNN, 2 min
CITY IN COLORADO SUES OIL COMPANIES OVER IMPACTS TO CLIMATE CNN, 2 min
JUSTICE ALITO RECUSES HIMSELF FROM COLORADO CLIMATE CASE CNN, 87 s
MAJOR CLIMATE CHANGE CASE AGAINST BIG OIL CNN, 59 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 6, 9:10 AM ET: story 6 of 7
NPR News Now, Oct 6, 3:09 AM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 6, 2:09 AM ET: story 2 of 4
NPR News Now, Oct 6, 1:09 AM ET: story 5 of 7
NPR News Now, Oct 5, 11:09 PM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 5, 10:10 PM ET: story 2 of 8
ABC News Update, Oct 5, 9:32 PM ET: story 4 of 5
NPR News Now, Oct 5, 8:09 PM ET: story 3 of 8
NPR News Now, Oct 5, 7:10 PM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 5, 6:10 PM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 5, 5:32 PM ET: story 3 of 3
NPR News Now, Oct 5, 4:10 PM ET: the lead

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ Fox News Rundown 📺 MeidasTouch 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now 🎙️ CNN 5 Things

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

The Supreme Court is considering whether local governments can sue oil companies for climate change damages. Oct 6: told by 51 people; told before on Oct 5
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