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Posted on 05/04/2025 7:05:34 AM PDT by CFW
The Department of Justice filed lawsuits Thursday against Hawaii and Michigan over planned climate-based litigation against fossil fuel companies. The DOJ also filed separate lawsuits against New York and Vermont over those states’ “climate superfund” laws, that levy fines against fossil fuel companies for producing legal products that consumers willingly and needfully purchase.
Citing President Donald Trump’s “Protecting American Energy from State Overreach” executive order, Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement that these laws and lawsuits “threaten American energy independence and our country’s economic and national security.”
States, cities and anti-fossil fuel nonprofits like Our Children’s Trust have filed dozens of climate lawsuits against a plethora of oil companies and industry groups, demanding billions in damages for what the plaintiffs claim is “extreme weather” the companies’ emissions have caused. The DOJ lawsuits signal that the Trump administration intends to push back against this wave of lawfare, as it's often called, as part of Trump’s “unleashing American energy” agenda.
Our Children's Trust is a Eugene, Oregon, based 501(3) with a war-chest of more than $5 million as of 2023, according to their latest IRS filing.
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Lawfare works both ways “What's good for the goose is good for the gander. There's coordinated action against the oil industry. So, I don't see anything wrong with there being coordinated action for the oil industry,” senior legal fellow with the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute and publisher of “JunkScience.com,” told Just the News.
The lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan were preemptive strikes against the states’ lawfare plans to sue oil companies for damages allegedly caused by climate change. Last year, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, issued a request for proposals for special assistant attorneys general to help the state pursue climate litigation.
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Ex Post Facto Laws are unconstitutional on their face.
Wonder why California isn’t mentioned in the lawsuit.
The pols here - Gavin Newsom in particular - have made it their singular duty to drive “Big Oil” out of the state - and the results have been refineries closing and gas taxes through the roof - gas is ≈ $5.00/gallon today - with $6.60 expected by the end of the year b/c of refineries closing and yet another gas tax hit July 1st.
This lawsuit should be targeted at California.
The DOJ is terribly short-staffed. They must focus on a limited number of targets.
I believe they are selecting good targets.
The Federal courts are filled with corrupt Democrat judges. The DOJ must be careful about selection of venues, and they need to do effective judge-shopping just as the Democrats do.
No, this is not rule of law. It is pretense of law. It is all that is left in the judicial system, and we must work with what we have until we can get something better.
Big changes are needed in the judicial system. That will come later.
It’s ridiculous because no one can prove the claim that fossil fuels are responsible for climate change or that it even exists.
Those states are just looking for a payout.
“The DOJ is terribly short-staffed.”
It’s a shame that all the woke, anti-American headcount chopped at the many nefarious federal agencies can’t be reassigned to DOJ. Could DOJ hire an army of 10,000 conservative lawyers to battle the woke lawfare? Smother them with counter lawsuits, so many that they can’t take a breath.
So far, it’s been nothing but Soros-funded woke foundations suing and now the rogue ultra-liberal states are joining in.
We need a massive counter-attack, so big that they crumple.
We all need to get to work NOW to make sure MAGA lasts past the next ~4 years.
Easy to say, but not many qualified, pedigreed professionals who are MAGA. Trump has to scrape the bottom of the barrel (talk show hosts, Congressmen) to find qualified candidates.
It’s such a shame that the woke mind virus has so infected the nation that we have few “qualified, pedigreed professionals” who want to fight for freedom, liberty, the law, common sense, truth, justice and the American Way.
Good. If these states don’t like oil, I propose the oil companies just cut them off and not deliver any gas or home heating oil to them anymore. Let’s see how they like that.
“Trump’s DOJ has a lot of work to do over the next ~4 years.”
Over 200 lawsuits against Trump
Over 50mp injunctions
Numerous suits against schools, states, etc.
Several cases to the USSC
I think they should sue Hollywood, for indoctrinating Ameria into destroying property and the rule of law. That should require billions in compensation.
“Wonder why California isn’t mentioned in the lawsuit.”
Article: The lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan were preemptive strikes against the states’ lawfare plans to sue oil companies for damages allegedly caused by climate change.
Years ago California outlawed the .50 BMG.
“Heavens to Betsy! It can penetrate the door of a limousine!”
Then Barrett refused to sell their rifles to state agencies.
So yes, just tell your franchises to refuse service to state vehicles or their gasoline supply gets cut.
Valero is leading the way in CA. They are shutting down refineries and explaining it is because of over restrictive regulations and the high cost of compliance.
Let CA be the example. No need to sue.
EC
They should sue states with unconstitutional gun laws as well.
it would be really easy for “Big Oil” to totally F Hawaii: every milliliter of every petroleum product used on the islands for any reason [including power generation] has to be boated in to Hawaii ... just stop shipping the stuff or raise the prices to cover the fines ...
I believe most of our politicians and our judiciary are now owned by China. China invested a lot of money in our universities over past few decades. There is a reason for that.
Lefties just looking for another source of money they can steal.
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