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Climate lawfare: The courtroom battle over Colorado fuel and energy
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Climate lawfare: The courtroom battle over Colorado fuel and energy

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project Climate lawfare The PowerGab video linked below was a great primer on how environmentalists — unable to get done what they want by persuasion and the usual legislative process — are now turning to the courts to pursue their preferred policy. In the case of the video, the policy relates to climate change and fossil fuels. I’ll leave it to you to watch/listen to the discussion in full. It’s worth the time. There are a couple things worth special note. First, the lawsuits here in Colorado (of course) are going after the state’s two remaining refineries. This ought to give you pause. Long a target for shutdown by environmentalists, Colorado’s refineries don’t just make gas for cars. They make diesel for tru...
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Dozens Of Amicus Briefs Challenge Boulder Climate Case Before SCOTUS
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Dozens Of Amicus Briefs Challenge Boulder Climate Case Before SCOTUS

By: Kyle Kohli | Complete Colorado As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in the now 8-year old Boulder climate lawsuit, more than three dozen amicus briefs submitted in the case have made the same essential point: Boulder’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies is an unconstitutional attempt to use state courts to dictate national energy and climate policy, and the high court should put a stop to it.   The briefs represent one of the broadest coalitions to weigh in on climate litigation in years, spanning the U.S. Department of Justice, 78 members of Congress, 27 state attorneys general, energy-producing Colorado counties, former senior national security officials and major business, legal and policy organizations.  Ahead of oral arg...
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Supreme Court Asked To Halt Boulder’s Taxpayer Funded Climate Lawfare
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Supreme Court Asked To Halt Boulder’s Taxpayer Funded Climate Lawfare

By Kyle Kohli | Complete Colorado In a brief filed Thursday with the U.S. Supreme Court, defendants argued the high court should end Boulder’s climate lawsuit once and for all to avoid a “chaos” of a patchwork of state court rulings governing energy policy. In February, after eight years of Boulder pursuing its taxpayer-funded climate lawsuit against Exxon and Suncor, SCOTUS agreed to review the energy companies’ petition on whether state and local governments can use tort law to regulate global greenhouse gas emissions. The Court will hear oral arguments in the case during its fall term this year. SCOTUS has the opportunity to deliver a major blow to the national climate litigation campaign and its attempt push public policy through the c...
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Federal Fraud Probe And Climate Lawsuits Puts Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Under Scrutiny
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Federal Fraud Probe And Climate Lawsuits Puts Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Under Scrutiny

By Emma Colton | Fox News Ellison has defended partnerships with NYU and Sher Edling for climate litigation. A sweeping fraud scandal is putting Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in the spotlight, reviving questions about his controversial ties to progressive environmental causes. Ellison, who has served as attorney general since 2019 after more than a decade in Congress, has long-drawn conservative criticism for aligning his office with left-wing priorities, from climate litigation to political fights over immigration enforcement. Now, with a federal investigation underway into what prosecutors allege was a massive scheme to siphon taxpayer funds meant to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ellison is facing intensified atte...
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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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Climate Case From Colorado Could Backdoor Carbon Taxes and Cripple U.S. Energy
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Climate Case From Colorado Could Backdoor Carbon Taxes and Cripple U.S. Energy

By Emma Colton | Fox News Conservative lawmakers warn an energy case originating in Colorado could bankrupt oil industry. A massive climate lawsuit that could land before the Supreme Court is an attempt at a back-door "carbon tax," a climate attorney previously involved in the case said during a recent legal forum.  "Woke lawfare is finally being exposed for what it really is: a radical attempt to impose Progressive Lifestyle Choices on the American people via the courtroom," O.H. Skinner, executive director of Alliance For Consumers, a nonprofit focused on preserving consumer protection efforts, told Fox News Digital. "Whether it's dark money left-wing nonprofits lying about their efforts to indoctrinate judges or climate lawyers telling the truth about their ...
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