More than two dozen attorneys general from blue states signed a letter urging the Federal Judicial Center to reinstate its highly controversial “climate science” chapter from its judicial reference manual. The chapter was previously removed.
The section was originally removed following concerns over deep conflicts of interest, biased information, and concerns it “would tip the scales in favor of left-leaning policies that would be the final nail in the coffin of American-produced energy,”27 attorneys general previously wrote, warning FJC about the implications of the chapter. One week later, the FJC announced it would not be including the section in its most recent manual.
The FJC is a taxpayer-funded nonprofit created by Congress to advise the courts on complicated scientific issues. Every year, the group publishes a reference manual, covering various scientific issues that may arise throughout litigation.
This most recent letter, coming from the other side of the aisle, is addressed to FJC Director Robin L. Rosenberg on behalf of signatories who claim to be concerned about the climate and the potential effects of alleged climate change. The signatories leave out an important detail: Their involvement with massive climate cases in their jurisdictions.
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If these climate cases prevail, in part because judges are making judgments based on the “climate science” chapter, it would open a Pandora’s box, allowing “every locality in the country to sue essentially anyone in the world,” according to a letter —previously signed by 100 members of Congress — urging the Colorado Supreme Court to throw out the Boulder case.
Among the attorneys general and legal officers who signed the letter, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont, plus the District of Columbia and City of Chicago, are all included. In all of these jurisdictions, there is an active climate lawfare case.
Read the full story in National Review.
