The report reveals how the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), a left-wing environmental activist group that pushes for greater regulation of American industries, and its Climate Judiciary Project (CJP) target judges whom they…
Category: Climate Lawsuits
“Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026”
“Judicial protection of the decision of American consumers over many decades to choose the best energy products–and in this case petroleum products for transportation and home heating–is common sense. This…
Brief Of Amici Curiae, Brulle .. Oreskes .. & Supran Redux 6 — the Supreme Court version
The reason why the “ExxonKnew” lawsuits haven’t collapsed yet is because nobody of major political influence has torpedoed the false claims in those cases about industry disinfo campaigns and “crooked…
Rescission Of Carbon Emissions Standards For Power Plants: The Litigation Begins
In what may be a world record for turnaround time, the litigation has already begun over the recent rescission by EPA of its carbon emission standards for fossil-fuel fired power…
List of ‘Weak Links’ Accusers for the “Crooked Skeptic Climate Scientists” Accusation — Summary for Policymakers
These are the chain of people one increment back from the main promulgators who’ve pushed the false accusation about ‘shill skeptic scientist on Big Oil’s payroll who were directed to…
The National Academies’ climate review must be truly independent
For years, the left has used the supposed “consensus” on climate science to ram through its agenda unchallenged. That cover is starting to crack.
New UT Report: Climate Litigation and the Campaign to Influence the Judiciary
Trusted institutional gatekeepers like the Federal Judicial Center must institute rigorous vetting mechanisms to restore their credibility. Ultimately, federal and state officials should investigate how ELI and CJP gained such…
Manual for judges saying “How Science Works” is very wrong on climate science
This chapter on “How science works” is basically a misleading attempt to advance the false claim that there is a consensus supporting climate alarmism. As such, it is political advocacy,…
Lobbying the Biden DoJ on Behalf of “Climate” Plaintiffs
Government Accountability & Oversight has obtained a few more items papering the influence of the climate lobby on directing the Biden DoJ’s attention to their plight, at the highest levels
Foreign lawfare threatens Transatlantic energy security
The administration should use appropriate diplomatic and legal channels to defend American judgments and make the resilience of U.S. energy infrastructure part of the transatlantic security conversation.
Attorney General Hilgers Files Lawsuit Against First Street for Harming Nebraska Homeowners
“First Street is making a profit at the expense of the value of Nebraskans’ homes,” said Attorney General Hilgers. “First Street passes off misleading and often inaccurate climate speculation in…
Now That’s (Public) Service!
Apparently the public universities supply the credentials, elected officials provide the plaintiff, the plaintiff’s lawyer supplies the money, other elected representatives run cover to protect the litigation, and the finished…
D.C. Circuit Endangerment Finding Litigation: The Stall Is On
And meanwhile, the EF litigation sits basically idle in the D.C. Circuit, with frivolous procedural motions still sitting undecided, and no merits briefing schedule six months after filing of the…
“You keep using that word…”
Judges are being “educated” in advance on the plaintiffs’ case. The obviousness of this becomes clearer still if one considers the counterfactual: Big Oil, conservative foundations, the NRA, a right-to-life organization,…
A Fifth Circuit Ruling on Gas Stoves, or Is It?
The durable result is the holding on Direct Final Rules. Any agency reaching for this shortcut now knows two things. The clock for judicial review does not start until the…
“If your ironclad proof that Big Oil secretly knew their products cause global warming is a leaked industry memo … why would you alter it to make it look more plausible?”
“If the evidence you have proving the fossil fuel industry intentionally ran a particular disinformation campaign is a very specific ‘leaked industry memo,’ and it is ironclad proof …… why…
The Weather Isn’t Getting Worse. The Lawsuits Are
The NAS report could trigger a wave of costly new lawsuits and forced settlements based on theoretical assumptions rather than observable evidence, drain public and private resources, and further make…
Elena Kagan Gave Bogus Science a Blind Endorsement
Endorsing a manual without examining its most contentious sections compromises due diligence. Fortunately, it is not too late to correct course. The Federal Judicial Center should act now to restore…
The International Court of Justice Climate Liability Ruling Sets a Worrying Precedent for Pandemics and Public Health
In many countries the Covid response mimicked the climate change playbook. The catastrophism of both agendas was based on models. Claims of scientific authority and existential crisis escalated the agendas…
Claim: The USA has a Legal Obligation to Fund Climate Science – But Research Teams MUST Include Indigenous Knowledge
“The Inter-American Court … requires … joint production of climate knowledge between scientists and the custodians of such knowledge’ …”