The Washington Free Beacon reports that Joe Biden’s former climate advisor, John Podesta, has been tapped as an expert witness in a lawsuit arguing President Trump’s energy policies are “killing children.”
“John Podesta—the Democratic operative who oversaw former president Joe Biden’s climate agenda and steered billions of taxpayer dollars to green energy interests—testified for two hours in federal court on Tuesday as an “expert witness” in support of 22 children alleging that the Trump administration has violated their constitutional right to life by pursuing policies friendly to oil, gas, and coal.”
The case comes from Our Children’s Trust, an Oregon-based nonprofit, which, according to reporting by Thomas Catenacci, seeks to “wipe out” President Trump’s energy agenda:
“According to plaintiffs, Trump’s executive orders violate their Fifth Amendment rights to life and liberty by worsening pollution that threatens their health and futures. And they say the actions escalate “climate-related dangers,” which infringes upon their rights to personal security. “Trump’s fossil fuel orders are a death sentence for my generation,” said lead plaintiff Eva Lighthiser, a 19-year-old hiker who says global warming causes her ‘stress and anxiety.’”
As Catenacci explains, the consequences would be severe if the lawsuit were to succeed:
Podesta argued the court should block the federal government from implementing President Donald Trump’s energy-related executive orders, according to a spokeswoman for Montana attorney general Austin Knudsen, who is intervening in the case. That includes orders protecting the coal industry, encouraging oil drilling, eliminating electric vehicle mandates, reversing crackdowns on gas-powered appliances, and terminating all Green New Deal-style policies.”
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