This blog is the first of a three-part series highlighting new revelations in New Jersey that shed further light on the climate litigation campaign. Recently obtained emails reveal the playbook for activist group Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) and its extensive actions behind the scenes in New Jersey municipalities to recruit, support, and initiate climate
Read More...Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, acknowledged on Thursday that the panel’s year-long investigation into the alleged “disinformation” from the U.S. oil and natural gas industry has turned out to be a massive dud, reporting from E&E News shows. The Oversight investigation is just one element of
Read More...New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin filed a climate lawsuit last Tuesday just weeks after being confirmed by the state legislature. Platkin was only confirmed to the role officially last month after serving in an interim capacity for several months – which, in New Jersey, is an appointed position – and it looks like the
Read More...CLCPA Roger Caiazza (on the subject of)Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: “Vested interests have had their say, and public relations have taken precedence over engineering and economics” but CLCPA “winging it” cannot and will not work.] At the September 13, 2021 meeting of New York’s Climate Leadership and Community
Read More...The Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) – the activist group which fancies itself as leading the climate litigation campaign – recently released a new poll that was so unremarkable that it generated zero media attention. Seriously, no one paid attention to it. And CCI didn’t even tweet about it! So, EID Climate, which is apparently is the only organization that pays attention to this kind of stuff, decided to dive into the numbers, and
Read More...Activist groups involved in promoting and funding climate litigation have arrived in Maine and are discussing the possibility of local leaders filing a lawsuit against energy companies for their production, marketing, sale and public statements around fossil fuels. In October, the Massachusetts-based Union of Concerned Scientists and Washington, D.C.-based Center for Climate Integrity hosted a
Read More...In a moment of refreshing honesty – or perhaps a Freudian slip – a major player behind the climate litigation campaign admitted that the goal is not to win lawsuits. Instead, the campaign is part of a politically motivated effort to gain access to, and publicize, internal documents from energy companies in an attempt to
Read More...Connecticut Attorney General William Tong filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging deception over climate change impacts, rehashing the same, unfounded “Exxon Knew” claims that were unsuccessfully pushed in the failed New York Attorney General’s case against the company. The state’s decision isn’t surprising, considering Connecticut was one of the original players in a
Read More...A review of key documents associated with the climate lawsuit filed by the city of Hoboken against major energy producers raise some big questions about the relationship between government leaders, one of the city’s retained law firms and a wealthy foundation that is paying for the case to proceed. The arrangement is also raising red
Read More...The city of Hoboken, New Jersey joined the so far fruitless climate litigation campaign on Wednesday, filing a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and the American Petroleum Institute. The lawsuit alleges the production, promotion and sale of fossil fuels by these companies and trade association caused a public nuisance that worsened the impacts
Read More...A Minnesota activist group completely blew the cover of the entire climate litigation campaign by acknowledging how closely private individuals and organizations have coordinated with state attorneys general to promote lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. For years, these activists have operated mostly in the shadows, attempting to shield their conversations and connections with government officials
Read More...The organization behind Climate Liability News (CLN), a dark money anti-oil and gas activist website set up to promote climate lawsuits, may be violating Maryland state law, according to the Daily Caller. A complaint filed by attorney Cleta Mitchell alleges that CLN’s parent organization failed to register with its home state and asks state officials
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