The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review state and local lawsuits against oil companies seeking to force them to pay for damages allegedly caused by climate change. [emphasis, links added]
Energy-producing states, oil companies and industry groups have filed two challenges to a wave of climate lawsuits that critics warn are being used to advance anti-fossil fuel policies in states.
If successful, they would extract billions of dollars from oil companies, and those costs would be passed on to consumers.
“Consumers are not helped by these cases, which seek to remove products from store shelves and divert funds to left-wing causes,” said O.H. Skinner, executive director of Consumers Union, a consumer advocacy nonprofit.
“We hope that the targets of these lawsuits continue to fight these cases as they prevail through the final stages of review, which is the only way for consumers to not be sacrificed in the face of the onslaught from the left.”
Consumers Union released a report last year detailing how Liberal advocacy groups are funding the lawsuits through widespread dark money operations.
The report's findings mirror those of other reports.
skinner told Just news In December, if these lawsuits against energy companies using state nuisance laws prove successful, Oil companies will be forced to stop producing oil or take costly measures to control emissions.
He also said that the overall impact of all these cases will actually be Pass progressives’ failed Green New Deal through court orders rather than the legislative process.
The lawsuits are expected to target other industries to which any large emitter is susceptible.
That includes utility companies now being targeted, as well as automakers and the U.S. steel industry.
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