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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Oil Giants, Case Heads Back to Federal Court: The Supreme Court has issued an eight-to-zero ruling, benefiting oil and gas giants like Chevron. The case, involving lawsuits over Louisianas vanishing coastline, will now proceed in federal court instead of state. Chevron was previously ordered to pay over $740 million to fix the damage, but the company denies responsibility, arguing that the work was done before state environmental rules existed. Louisianas coastal areas have lost over 2,000 square miles of land in the last century, with oil activities playing a significant role. The state warns that another 3,000 square miles could disappear in the coming decades, impacting local parishes. This ruling comes after a Plaquemines Parish verdict where jurors found Chevrons Texaco arm guilty of ignoring wetland restoration rules. The case is one of many targeting big players like Exxon, following a federal appeals courts decision to keep similar suits in state hands last year.

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