By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
Happy Sunday! Here's a roundup of this week's stories in case you missed them.
NEWS
A sign advertises that SNAP benefits are accepted at a Hornbacher’s in north Fargo, North Dakota, on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Ceilidh Kern/For the North Dakota Monitor)
COMMENTARY
President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, attend the dedication of the Summersville Dam in Summersville, West Virginia, on Sept. 3, 1966. (West Virginia State Division of Culture and History photo)
Stories from the States
In Colorado, officials in the city of Boulder and Boulder County have filed a lawsuit against Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil. They are seeking monetary damages for costs incurred responding to wildfires, repairing transportation infrastructure, restoring watersheds and other devastation caused by climate change.
The officials are not seeking to regulate emissions or fossil fuel production, but they want the companies to help pay for harms Boulder contends were caused by their industry.
Some counties, however, have filed court records in support of Suncor and Exxon Mobil at taxpayers’ expense. When Deirdre Macnab learned hers was one of them, she rallied her fellow ranchers in support of Boulder’s cause.
In Episode 44, you’ll meet Macnab and Kathleen Sullivan Kelley, both ranchers in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. They’ll discuss their firsthand experiences of how climate change is taking a toll on their lands and why they decided to get involved.
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