China Compromised Biden Sells Out U.S. Yet Again! … … [Editor’s Note: Is there nothing Joe Biden will not to do to please his masters in China? His pay-to-play schemes and subservience to China are, sadly, haunting us all now.] The Biden administration killed another domestic mining project in the largest copper and nickel find
Read More...As petitions asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether climate lawsuits against American energy companies belong in federal or state court continue to stack up, a federal appellate judge has called on the high court to get involved. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit issued a long-anticipated ruling on the jurisdictional question yesterday in Minnesota’s climate lawsuit. And
Read More...India, Like China, Ignores Climate Goals and No One Cares? ...… … [Editor’s Note: India and China perfectly illustrate the reality of the climate scam—that it’s about corporatism and power—not the climate or enviros would call foul on both.] Recently, India asked its utilities not to retire their coal plants until 2030 and the country
Read More...Twin Metals Project Killed by Foreign Agent in White House ...… … [Editor’s Note: Joe Biden has been a corrupt liar as long as he has been in politics but his decision to kill the Twin Metals Project suggests he is also a foreign agent.] The Biden administration blocked plans for a major copper, nickel
Read More...... … … Wind and solar projects are facing many uphill battles despite a ton of subsidies and incentives provided to corporatist sponsors of these uneconomical projects. New wind installations dropped 77.5 percent in the third quarter of 2022 versus the same period the year before. New utility-scale solar installations fell about 40 percent in
Read More...The political fallout from the climate lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in 2020 continues as the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports the case “has become a campaign issue” in the state’s attorney general’s race less than three months before Election Day “as Ellison defends his seat this year.” The coverage from the Star
Read More...The construction of a major pipeline replacement project that would carry crude from Canadian oilfields to a refinery in Wisconsin got a major boost on Thursday from the Biden Administration. According to the New York Times, the administration is siding with a prior permitting decision by the Army Corps of Engineers: “Mr. Biden could still
Read More...To stop construction of the Line 3 pipeline replacement project in Minnesota, activists have increasingly argued for environmental justice for Native Americans who live along the route. But recent vandalism against Native-owned businesses suggests those arguments may be more geared toward attracting media attention. The project, which would replace a section of a crude pipeline
Read More...In a recent Minneapolis Star Tribune op-ed, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison swears that his office has been completely transparent about the climate lawsuit it filed against energy companies and trade associations in June 2020. However, rather than extricating him from the public criticism being leveled against his office around the case – specifically, the
Read More...New documents uncovered through an open records request provide fresh details about the millions of dollars a San Francisco law firm stands to gain if it prevails in a controversial climate lawsuit targeting oil and gas companies. These revelations raise even more questions about the Minnesota attorney general’s mysterious engagement with this particular law firm
Read More...Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is again relying on a national network to boost his climate lawsuit by recruiting the plaintiffs’ law firm Sher Edling, one of the key players in the climate litigation campaign, to help represent the state alongside his office. When Ellison filed the lawsuit this summer, there was a noticeable lack of outside counsel present.
Read More...Activist groups at the heart of the climate litigation campaign have launched a new video featuring Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison promoting the climate lawsuit he filed this summer. The video was sponsored and created by the YEARS Project and Fossil Free Media and is being touted online by the ExxonKnews newsletter, demonstrating that the
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Foreign policy belongs in the hands of the President, not governors captured by the demands of fractivists and other special interests. Our friend Dan Markind has a great post up at Forbes that i encourage all readers to check out. It’s about pipelines and the abuse of the
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...On Wednesday, Minnesota became the latest state to file a climate lawsuit against the energy industry. This marks the first lawsuit of this kind to be filed after the failure of the New York Attorney General’s case against ExxonMobil last fall. At a press conference, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that his office was filing a civil consumer protection lawsuit against ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute (API), and Koch Industries, as well as
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