Per Reuters: “The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major oil companies of deceiving the public about the role fossil fuels have played in causing climate change… Justice Clarence Thomas, in a dissenting opinion, opens new tab joined by fellow conservative […]
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Over to You, Oversight
CLW readers are aware of the capture of the Federal Judicial Center by the ‘climate’ plaintiffs’ bar. FJC is by chance a creature of Congress. So is the National Academy of Science, which has also now joined up to assist the climate litigation industry. After all, what issue has been better for taxpayer-financed science, such […]
House Climate Show Trial to Support Biden’s Looming Pen-and-Phone Promises to Other Countries?
Show Trial increasingly looks to be move to pave the way for Biden climate promises at weekend G20 Summit + Glasgow “COP” beginning Monday There are more and more indications that Thursday’s House Oversight hearing, initially scheduled as an opportunity to berate the defendants in the floundering climate litigation industry, is not only intended to assist the plaintiffs […]
Disbarred Enviro Lawyer Sentenced — Led Litigation Campaign Cited in “Climate” Amicus Briefs
Environmentalist plaintiff’s trial lawyer Steven Donziger was just sentenced to six months in jail, after another finding of contempt (not directly for the actions which led to the verdict against him over litigation tactics). As the WSJ put it: “Disbarred attorney Steven Donziger was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for contempt of court […]
Amicus Brief in NY Federal Court Debunks 2018 “Missing Link” Claim; Reveals More New Records
Brief provides comprehensive summary of climate litigation industry, cites new documents supporting the claim that climate plaintiffs’ hunt for “sympathetic” state judges is behind fight to keep cases from federal courts Energy Policy Advocates does it again. EPA filed another friend of the court brief, this time in NYC v Exxon Mobil et al., removed […]