February 2023 - Climate Litigation Watch

Climate Plaintiffs’ Own-goal: It Really is About a “Sustainable Funding Stream”

Video of litigation pitch adds to evidence that lawsuits seek dough to pay for pols’ pet projects CLW readers will remember the admission — reflected in two independent sets of notes taken at a meeting at the Rockefeller family mansion at Pocantico — that governmental “climate” litigation is not actually about “combatting climate change” but is […]

Inside “Attribution” Advocacy

CLW has recently posted two items including “unlisted” YouTube video seminars from the plaintiff-recruitment process, released in public information by ‘recruitee’ New Jersey municipalities. A next video sets forth how to advance the industry’s claims about “Attributing Climate Change Impacts to Fossil Fuel Companies”. CLW readers know the history of the plaintiffs’ emerging argument that […]

More Candid Climate Camera

Recent CLW posts have laid out public information obtained by Energy Policy Advocates opening a window into the climate litigation industry, and specifically plaintiff-recruitment. Continuing in that vein, CLW notes another video released by a New Jersey municipality being wooed by the Rockefeller Family Fund litigant-recruitment vehicle called the “Center for Climate Integrity”, and its […]

Cunning or Clueless? Climate Recruiter Pitch: “The [plaintiffs’] lawyers only get paid when there is a successful settlement”

Fact check: False! CLW is grateful for the persistent watchdog role that Energy Policy Advocates has played obtaining public records to shed light on the climate litigation industry. Now we see an “unlisted” YouTube video recently obtained by EPA from a New Jersey municipality being recruited by the Rockefeller Family Fund vehicle called the “Center for Climate […]