{"id":376034,"date":"2025-04-23T10:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=376034"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:01:35","slug":"hawaii-democrats-cook-up-another-climate-lawfare-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=376034","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Democrats Cook Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hawaii Democrats have advanced a bill that would clear the way for individuals and insurers adversely affected by an \u201cevent attributable to climate change\u201d to sue companies and other entities for spreading climate \u201cmisinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S.B. 1166<\/a>, introduced by Democratic Hawaii State Sen. Chris Lee, aims to \u201cprovide a new, specific cause of action for any person other than an officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity\u201d and insurers to file suit against companies or other entities that supposedly misinformed the public about the nature of climate change. Lee introduced the bill on Jan. 17, and it is currently in the hands of the Hawaii House, according<\/a> to LegiScan. (RELATED: Hawaii Supreme Court Claims \u2018The Spirit Of Aloha\u2019 Overrules The Second Amendment)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During his visit to Maui, Biden says he has \u2018a little sense of what it\u2019s like to lose a home\u2019 describing when lightning struck his home, which resulted in a small kitchen fire. He jokes about how he almost lost his \u201967 Corvette as he talks to survivors of the devastating Maui\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/xXUnC3kuHz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe legislature finds that for decades, certain people and entities have spread intentional lies, misinformation and disinformation, and misrepresentations about the connection between climate change and fossil fuel products, as well as how climate change has caused injuries in the State,\u201d the bill\u2019s text reads. \u201cContinued lies, misinformation and disinformation, and misrepresentations by responsible parties pose a threat to the health, safety, and security of Hawaii\u2019s residents and visitors. These parties have long known the dangers of fossil fuel products; however, they have continued to deny and lie for profit \u2026 Hawaii has a compelling interest in protecting consumers from lies and misleading information, while also encouraging factual and truthful information on how climate disasters and other harms can be attributed to the responsible parties who have spread falsehoods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese parties have long known the dangers of fossil fuel products; however, they have continued to deny and lie for profit \u2026 Hawaii has a compelling interest in protecting consumers from lies and misleading information, while also encouraging factual and truthful information on how climate disasters and other harms can be attributed to the responsible parties who have spread falsehoods,\u201d the bill\u2019s text states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amended bill text specifically defines \u201cresponsible parties\u201d to include any \u201cfirm, corporation, company, partnership, society, joint stock company, or any other entity or association that engaged in misleading and deceptive practices, including lies, or the provision of misinformation or disinformation about the connection between its fossil fuel products and climate change and extreme weather or other events attributable to climate change.\u201d Notably, tribal, state and federal government entities are excluded from the definition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill text specifically cites the Maui fires<\/a> of August 2023 as an example of a catastrophic event exacerbated by climate change. The fires killed 102 people<\/a> and caused billions<\/a> of dollars of damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the bill and many Democrats \u2014 including Hawaii Gov. Josh Green \u2014 were quick to point the finger<\/a> at climate change for making the fires worse, multiple instances of human error and official incompetence may have actually turned the fires into a full-scale disaster. Examples of critical mistakes and shortcomings include, but are not limited to, inadequate vegetation management, regulatory sluggishness, fire hydrants running dry, delayed emergency siren activation and a failure by a state agency to promptly divert water that was needed to fight the burgeoning fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill\u2019s current text specifies that prospective plaintiffs are only permitted to sue under its provisions if they have suffered damages of $10,000 or more due to a \u201cclimate disaster or extreme weather or other event attributable to climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, President Donald Trump signed an executive order<\/a> earlier in April instructing his administration to determine the legality of subnational government efforts to impose \u201cburdensome and ideologically motivated \u2018climate change\u2019 or energy policies that threaten American energy dominance\u201d via legislation or lawsuits<\/a>. The executive order further instructs the administration to produce actionable options for defanging those policies and lawsuits, most of which are coming from blue states or Democrat-controlled jurisdictions, including from the Hawaiian capital city of Honolulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee\u2019s office did not respond to a request for comment and a voicemail message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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