A lawsuit by the city of Boulder that seeks to hold oil companies accountable for their purported role in climate change will continue in a lower district court. The Colorado Supreme Court said in a ruling Monday that federal law doesn’t preempt the city’s claims in the lawsuit,

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 Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Boulder seeking to hold the fossil fuel companies responsible for climate change.