June 2019 - Climate Litigation Watch

@UCSUSA “Union of Concerned Scientists” are doing concerning things to promote lawsuits

Excerpts: Advocacy Group Pays Conference Fees for Mayor to Promote Energy Lawsuits Santa Cruz mayor will tout lawsuit against Exxon to other mayors An environmental advocacy group is paying the registration fees for Santa Cruz mayor Martine Watkins (D.) to attend the United States Conference of Mayors Summit in Hawaii later this month, where Watkins […]

State AG’s continue their enviro-crusade with “off-the-books” lawyers

Embedded AG fellows raise concerns Bloomberg nonprofit pays salaries of lawyers working for Dem AGs Coverage from CommonWealth Magazine by Sarah Betancourt – excerpts: A NONPROFIT BACKED with money from Michael Bloomberg is paying the salaries of 14 lawyers who are working on environmental and climate change issues for Democratic attorneys general around the country, including Massachusetts Attorney […]

Worcester Telegram covers GAO lawsuit against @MassAGO office

Excerpts: Massachusetts AG and Supervisor of Public Records are targets of records lawsuit By James F. Russell, Correspondent Posted Jun 12, 2019 at 2:49 PM Updated Jun 12, 2019 at 4:30 PM BOSTON – A multimillion-dollar fund established by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Democrat with a net worth Forbes.com estimates at $56 billion, is at the center of a lawsuit filed against […]

WSJ covers CLW: State AGs’ Climate Cover-up

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board covers CLW’s ongoing investigation, asking: What’s behind third-party funding of liberal state attorneys general? Excerpts: Voters are spurning alarmist climate agendas at the ballot box, so U.S. progressives have turned to state attorneys general to litigate against fossil fuels. But the plan is backfiring as an ethically dubious program […]