July 2020 - Climate Litigation Watch

Boulder Official: Climate Litigation is Tool to Make Industry Bend a Knee

h/t Energy Policy Advocates for the following acknowledgement by a Boulder City official, from early on in this second wave of “climate nuisance” litigation, about the objective. Here again we see its practitioners conceding that “nuisance” litigation is a tool to force the targeted industries to sue for peace, by agreeing to lobby for legislative […]

Washington Court Says Um, No to “Entre Nous?”

Today the Thurston County Superior Court denied a motion by the Washington Attorney General’s Office to take one more bite at the apple of argumentation but, this time, just between them and the judge, if your honor doesn’t mind. As CLW suggested earlier was the clearly appropriate response, which Energy Policy Advocates also argued today, […]

EID: LAWSUITS SEEK TRANSPARENCY ON COORDINATION BETWEEN STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OFFICES AND OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS

From Energy In Depth: Last week, two state attorneys general spearheading the climate litigation campaign against energy companies, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, were sued by government watchdogs for refusing to turn over records regarding their coordination with outside organizations. … Since the comprehensive failure of the New York attorney general’s […]

New Records Suit Filed Against Massachusetts AG Over Refusal to Release Records re Coordination with Tort Bar, Academics in Investigating Opponents

BOSTON, MA – Last week, Timothy Cornell of Cornell Dolan, P.C., filed suit against Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey under the Commonwealth’s public records law on behalf of the nonprofit transparency group Energy Policy Advocates (EPA). This suit seeks to compel the AG to reveal details about the use of law enforcement to advance private […]