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Three years ago, as the lawfare effort against energy companies reached critical mass, economist  Benjamin Zycher noted that using litigation rather than reaching consensus through normal political channels will result in...

it is a near-total copy of their Feb 20 “Chicago v BP” lawsuit – see my dissection of that one here. It shares text straight out of others. No joke, witness how this March 27 Pennsylvania Record article quoting the...

If the case can be made that each – in domino fashion – should be dismissed due to a total lack of evidence for the claims about ‘industry-paid shill climate scientists,’ and that the core people behind these lawsuits...

The legal realm, in this context, seems to be utilized more for activism and narrative-building than for genuine legal redress.

When it comes to unsupportable political assertions and accusations, the above problems and what I covered in Part 1 are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.