As reported by the Washington Examiner, “MARYLAND JUDGE DISMISSES TWO CLIMATE LAWSUITS TARGETING CHEVRON: In a win for Big Oil, a judge has dismissed two climate lawsuits filed in Maryland against Chevron, BP, Shell, and more, saying federal law preempts state law claims against the oil companies. The details: The lawsuits, filed by the City of Annapolis […]
Month: January 2025
What Changed RFK Jr.’s Mind re: Prosecuting “Climate” Dissent?
Pace University’s law school has an Environmental Litigation Clinic, similar to a host of other activist operations providing donor-supported faculty and swarms of young lawyer-trainees for various left-wing environmental causes. Foremost among those causes is the climate litigation campaign. Several years ago, using Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) obtained from the office of then-Attorney General Lisa […]
Interesting MA OAG Correspondence
For reasons that are not readily apparent and may benefit from further inquiry, this email just popped up in Government Accountability & Oversight v. Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Andrea Campbell II (2084cv01858). This email was previously, implausibly withheld in full: This case involves MA OAG’s coordination with/recruitment by an outside activist […]
Reuters: New York City lawsuit against Exxon, BP, Shell over climate change dismissed
Story here. UPDATE: Opinion here. Money paragraph in summary: In very short, it appears that the plaintiffs’ switcheroo to claiming these purely local we swear, statutory consumer protection not at all energy policy or GHG reduction claims is a sword that carries two-edges. The one that cut them here is the statute of limitations. By […]
SCOTUS Not Weighing in on ‘Climate Torts’ Yet
Courtesy of Reason magazine CLW sees that the United States Supreme Court has denied certiorari sought by energy companies in Sunoco LP v. Honolulu and Shell PLC v. Honolulu. Noting in particular the following from Reason contributor Jonathan Adler, CLW’s view is that SCOTUS involvement is only a matter of time, but the coming further years of litigation and […]