I wonder how many of the backers actually live in those states
Climate lawsuits are spreading to fossil fuel states
Climate change activists are setting the stage for lawsuits against oil and gas companies in a pair of states with deep ties to the fossil fuel industry.
The Center for Climate Integrity, which seeks to make oil majors pay for the effects of global warming, is eyeing Pennsylvania and Ohio as potential new fronts.
Landing litigation in either state would be a major coup. Though an increasing number of local and state governments are seeking to hold the industry accountable, most lawsuits have been filed in states without a significant fossil fuel footprint.
A Rust Belt state lawsuit would carry bragging rights, “like a cherry on top,” said Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity.
The existing array of lawsuits are also mostly in blue states, such as Massachusetts and California. Pennsylvania and Ohio would mark the first swing-state litigation.
The climate lawsuits have major hurdles to clear, but if successful, they could force the oil industry — like tobacco and opioid manufacturers before it — to pay hundreds of billions of dollars for putting the public at risk.
And what would be the result? Skyrocketing costs for gasoline and natural gas, which would increase the price of food, clothes, energy at home, services, you name it. And many goods will see double or more increases, because it’s not just shipping and energy, but, well over 700 products are made with petroleum. Half of every barrel goes to other than fuel. So, take sneakers. The manufacturer will pay more for the energy to make the shoes, more for the petroleum to make the shoes, more to ship them. The seller will have to pay more to buy the goods from the shoe company, will have to charge more for that, have to charge more because their store energy costs are higher. So those same shoes the climate cultists are walking in will skyrocket in price
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— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) November 10, 2023
Virtually everything they’re wearing is made with petroleum.
Let’s learn a new concept, class – new to leftist idiots (BIRM), at least – it’s called “false analogy”.
“Doctor, I’m depressed about what the climate will be like in 30 years”.
“Have you tried supergluing yourself to the street?”
They need to borrow that guy from Panama.