When Will Legal Warfare Stop Being So Profitable?
Delaying is a Powerful Weapon with no legal recourse.
After watching environmental activists of all breeds, I have been appalled by the legal warfare being used to insure nothing energy or electrical gets built. Even worse is the fact that it is being done without any penalties for frivolous lawsuit.
Indeed, just delaying large such projects has kept many, many of their technological upgrades from ever being built.
That said, it is horrifying to think that State Attorney Generals could become a significant revenue source for their states by joining forces with climate doughboys.
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“For a flavor of NAAG’s priorities, here’s how its website lists its agenda for its Eastern Region meeting in Portland, Maine, on Sept. 7-8: “topics will include a look at sea-level rise and preparedness and the impact of climate change on ecosystems and particular industries; a review of current solar and wind power developments and related opportunities, challenges, and promising practices; how social equity should factor in attorney general offices’ leadership and advocacy on optimizing climate resilience,” and more.”
Too many Republican AGs have been napping while the National Association of Attorneys General became essentially a business partner with the plaintiffs bar on behalf of progressive causes. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-280-million-attorneys-general-fund-national-association-of-attorneys-general-republicans-daniel-cameron-11661550349