In a rare event, sanity prevails in California – Climate skeptics rule, alarmists drool.
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit dismissed a core section plaintiffs brought in the case — oil companies conspired to cover up global warming science. San Francisco and Oakland filed suit against five major companies, including Exxon and Chevron, demanding money for damages global warming allegedly caused. A core
component of their suit is fossil fuel companies “engaged in a large-scale, sophisticated advertising and public relations campaign” to promote fossil fuels while they “knew” their products would contribute to “dangerous global warming.”
The cities’ suits against oil companies, however, do not show an industry conspiracy to suppress climate science from the public, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said, according to journalists who attended the hearing. Alsup said plaintiffs “shows nothing of the sort” regarding some sort of conspiracy against science, Conservative journalist Phelim McAleer
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Judge slams California cities lawyers says they misled the court – says document they claim "shows conspiracy" shows nothing of the sort
#climatechange tutorial
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— Phelim McAleer (@PhelimMcAleer)
March 21, 2018
In stunning end to
#clmatechange trial tutorial judge dismisses claim that companies knew but conspired to suppress climate change science
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— Phelim McAleer (@PhelimMcAleer)
March 21, 2018
Alsup dismissing the idea that there was some sort of conspiracy amongst fossil fuel companies to suppress info on climate. Exxon discovery files tell a different story.
#climatetutorial @ClimateLawNews
— Amy Westervelt (@amywestervelt)
March 21, 2018
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Cities and oil companies gave Alsup a five hour tutorial on global warming Wednesday, answering eight questions the California judge had given both parties ahead of time. A group of scientists skeptical of man-made warming also
submitted amicus briefs for the hearing.
