Sunoco da Honolulu

Sunoco v. Honolulu & Shell v. Honolulu (Docket 23-947 & 23-952) shari'a ce da ke daure a gaban Kotun Koli ta Amurka .  Shari'ar azabtarwa ce da ke da alaƙa da ko dokar tarayya ta hana da'awar dokar jihar don biyan diyya ga tasirin da hayaƙin Greenhouse-gas ke da shi akan yanayin duniya. Shari'ar Kotun Koli ta Hawaii ce ta tabbatar da cewa dokar jihar ta ba da ikon yin da'awar akan masu samar da mai da iskar gas.

 Tarihi da hukunce-hukuncen Kotuna 
Birni da Gundumar Honolulu sun shigar da kara a kan wani rukuni na Kamfanonin mai da iskar gas a cikin 2021, suna zargin cewa waɗannan kamfanonin sun kasa daukar isasshen matakai don gargadi jihar game da yiwuwar sakamakon da suka taso daga ayyukan kasuwancin su akan yanayin duniya.

Dangane da karar, wadannan kamfanoni sun yi watsi da karar saboda rashin bayyana da'awar a kotun da'ira ta jihar Hawaii ta farko . Kamfanonin sun yi iƙirarin cewa da gaske jihar ta nemi “daidaita fitar da mai a duniya”, tare da siffanta shi a matsayin "ka'ida ta gaskiya" da kuma tura gaba da iƙirarin cewa dokar gama-gari ta tarayya ta riga ta ƙaddamar da wannan shari'ar. Ganin cewa, jihar ta musanta cewa a karkashin dokar azabtarwa, waɗannan kamfanoni suna da " ayyukan bayyanawa kuma kada su kasance masu yaudara game da haɗarin hayaƙin mai, da kuma keta waɗannan ayyukan". Daga karshe dai kotun ta yi watsi da hujjojin da kamfanonin ke yi, inda ta bayyana cewa shari’ar jihar ta fi dacewa kuma ta yi watsi da ikirarin da kamfanonin ke yi na cewa wannan babban da’awa ne kan duk wata barna daga sauyin yanayi, sai dai barnar da kamfanonin ke yi wanda ya saba wa dokar jihar ta Hawaii. 

An kara daukaka kara ga Kotun Koli ta Hawaii. A ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 2023, Kotun Koli ta Hawaii ta yi watsi da jayayya da kamfanonin mai da iskar gas cewa ya kamata a kawo wannan shari'ar a karkashin dokar tarayya kuma za ta iya ci gaba a karkashin dokar jihar Hawaii.

 Kotun Koli ta Amurka 
A ranar 29 ga Fabrairu, 2024, an gabatar da takardar Certiorari a Kotun Koli ta Amurka, tana neman bita a wannan shari'ar.

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