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Prosecuting Climate Dissent
Wall Street Journal ^ | 8 Nov 2015 | WSJ Opinion by email

Posted on 11/09/2015 6:31:19 PM PST by MtnClimber

Sheldon Whitehouse got his man. The Rhode Island Senator has been lobbying for prosecutions of oil and gas companies over climate change, and New York Attorney General and progressive activist Eric Schneiderman has now obliged by opening a subpoena assault on Exxon Mobil. This marks a dangerous new escalation of the left’s attempt to stamp out all disagreement on global-warming science and policy.

Progressives have been losing the political debate over climate change, failing to pass cap and trade even when Democrats had a supermajority in Congress. So they have turned to the force of the state through President Obama’s executive diktats and now with the threat of prosecution. This assault won’t stop with Exxon. Climate change is the new religion on the left, and progressives are going to treat heretics like Cromwell did Catholics.

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TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: globalwarming
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To: MtnClimber

NY I believe fines companies big time if they try to leave the state- not sure htough


21 posted on 11/09/2015 10:02:28 PM PST by Bob434
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To: MtnClimber

Time to wake up America and Europe. It is either them or us. Throw the Tea overboard.


22 posted on 11/10/2015 3:44:58 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The use of the name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: MtnClimber

The totalitarian left will be loading us all into cattle cars.

And Republican leaders will continue to say nothing.


23 posted on 11/10/2015 4:48:34 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: Bob434; MtnClimber

Exxon would not be “leaving” the state; they would just cease doing business there. You can’t fine someone for not doing business.

As for the Feds, it’s likely the same thing. If you do business, you are subject to Federal regulation. The response by Exxon is “we’re not doing business.” And if all of the fossil fuel based energy companies (oil, coal, natural gas) took the same approach and boycotted New York State, we’ll see how much they really want to sacrifice to save the planet. Being liberals, and therefore hypocrites, my guess is they won’t really want to personally sacrifice anything.


24 posted on 11/10/2015 7:55:18 AM PST by henkster
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

the AGW hoax is fascism, and all fascists must be destroyed. November topics:
25 posted on 11/10/2015 2:36:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: MtnClimber; doug from upland; Jim Robinson; basil; SampleMan; Steely Tom; butlerweave; elpadre; ...

Must see - the mindset:

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/11/09/this-hilarious-short-film-mocking-social-justice-in-schools-is-going-viral/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social


26 posted on 11/10/2015 5:12:47 PM PST by GOPJ ("We need some muscle over here to beat dis guy's face in - he's mouthin' off" -Missouri protester)
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