Having failed to convince the voting public about the merits of its campaign against fossil fuels, the climate movement is now turning to the courts to enforce its agenda.
And to support this effort, millions of dollars are now flowing through liberal charities and nonprofit groups to pay lawyers to prosecute these cases.
States, cities, and counties, including California, New Jersey, Maine, New York City, Chicago, and Honolulu have made a variety of damage claims, including that oil companies violated consumer protection laws, deceived the public about their role in climate change, created a public nuisance, and—in a case brought by teenagers in Montana—violated children’s rights to a “clean and healthful environment.”
Simultaneously, states such as New York and Vermont have passed laws that establish “climate superfunds” that would be financed through…
