# US Supreme Court's Alito will not participate in climate case involving oil companies

https://mins.news/en/item/77507

- Reuters, 2026-09-28 18:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-supreme-courts-alito-wont-participate-climate-case-involving-oil-companies-2026-09-28/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abaad8471ae1c0001926747

> US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will not take part in an upcoming case involving oil companies’ effort to derail a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for helping fuel climate change, a court official said Monday.

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