Earlier this week, Boulder County Commissioners filed their response to energy producers’ petition urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review Boulder’s climate case. In doing so, they asked the high Court to deny review while contradicting arguments that their own attorneys have made for years.

Boulder claims the case involves only local harms—despite their own legal team, including David Bookbinder, long making it clear that the goals of the lawsuit extend far outside of Colorado. By submitting their response, ironically, Boulder inadvertently showcased why this case is the perfect opportunity for SCOTUS to finally weigh in climate litigation.

Their brief offers little new information, rephrasing the same weak arguments in other climate cases – many of which have been rejected by courts across the country.

Notably, Boulder had to be forced by the Court to respond at all, raising the question: if their arguments are so compelling, why did SCOTUS need to order them to file a reply?

Read the full post at EIDClimate.org.