March 2020 - Page 2 of 2 - Climate Litigation Watch

Rhode Island Responds to Documents Provided to Court, Disowns (Second-Sourced) Claims by Official at ‘Private’ Rockefeller Meeting

Read the response here. In sum, we’re not saying those two separate sets of notes are real but, if they are, the head of the Department of Environmental Management wasn’t telling the truth about about us suing oil companies to get a “sustainable funding stream” because the legislature doesn’t share the executive’s ‘green’ spending priorities. […]

Transparency Group Provides Federal Court of Appeals with Records Proving State “Climate” Lawsuit is to Obtain “Sustainable Funding Stream”, After Failing to Convince Legislature to Fund its Priorities

BOSTON, MA, March 10, 2020 – The Transparency group Energy Policy Advocates (“EPA”) yesterday filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to appear as a friend of the court, to provide information showing the July 2018 “climate nuisance” lawsuit filed by the State of Rhode Island belongs in […]

Virginia Legislature Restores Prohibition on AG Participation in Bloomberg Scheme

As CLW readers know, billionaire climate activist Michael Bloomberg spent more than $2 million to elect Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. Herring’s Office then agreed to place a lawyer hired by Bloomberg’s group as a special prosecutor in Virginia’s top law enforcement office, to promote Mr. Bloomberg’s climate agenda.   In return for the lawyer, […]