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House Republicans Probe Coordinated Climate Lawsuits Targeting US Energy Companies
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House Republicans Probe Coordinated Climate Lawsuits Targeting US Energy Companies

By: Kevin Killough | Just the News The committee is investigating two attorneys involved in key climate cases to see whether they were consulted on materials that were used in a program that instructs judges overseeing climate cases. The House Judiciary Committee is probing connections between two attorneys involved in key climate lawsuits against energy companies and a judicial training project that’s come under fire for allegedly biasing judges against the plaintiffs.  The committee sent letters Wednesday to Roger Worthington, owner of the law firm Worthington and Caron, and David Bookbinder, director of law and policy at the Environmental Integrity Project.  Worthington is the lead attorney for Multnomah County, Oregon, in the county’s lawsui...
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Boulder Climate Case Risks Imposing Local Agendas on the Entire Nation
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Boulder Climate Case Risks Imposing Local Agendas on the Entire Nation

By Christopher Mills | Commentary, The Federalist This week, the U.S. Supreme Court should consider a basic constitutional reality: county officials from Boulder, Colorado, cannot force their preferred climate policies on the rest of the nation. Obvious as it seems, that is what’s at stake in Suncor Energy Inc. v. Boulder County, a climate change case the court will weigh for review on Dec. 12. Like the other thirty-odd copycat climate lawsuits filed by states and localities from Honolulu to my hometown of Charleston, Boulder’s suit weaponizes tort law to try to transform state courts into vehicles for deploying sweeping climate mandates. If Boulder gets its way, the casualties won’t be confined to the energy companies it endeavors to bankrupt; American consumers an...
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U.S. Supreme Court sides with rail developers in Eagle County fight over NEPA
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U.S. Supreme Court sides with rail developers in Eagle County fight over NEPA

By J.B. Ruhl | Westword On May 29, the Supreme Court – minus Justice Neil Gorsuch, who recused himself – decided the case of Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. Getting federal approval for permits to build bridges, wind farms, highways and other major infrastructure projects has long been a complicated and time-consuming process. Despite growing calls from both parties for Congress and federal agencies to reform that process, there had been few significant revisions – until now. In one fell swoop, the U.S. Supreme Court has changed a big part of the game. Whether the effects are good or bad depends on the viewer’s perspective. Either way, there is a new interpretation in place for the law that is the centerpiece of the debate about permitting: the&nbs...
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