Boulder and Boulder County filed the lawsuit seven years ago, seeking to hold Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil accountable for driving climate change and the damages their pollution has caused.

Colorado's highest court on Monday rejected efforts by ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Boulder seeking to hold the fossil fuel companies responsible for climate change.

A lawsuit that accuses Exxon Mobil and Suncor of contributing to climate change through fossil fuel activities was allowed to continue under a Colorado Supreme Court ruling made Monday. Boulder County,