{"id":386258,"date":"2025-07-01T19:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=386258"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:55:30","slug":"china-caught-funding-eco-lawfare-suits-in-the-usa-to-sabotage-american-energy-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=386258","title":{"rendered":"China caught funding eco-lawfare suits in the USA to sabotage American energy dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From JoNova<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jo Nova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It didn\u2019t start that way, but it\u2019s almost like Climate Change is just a Chinese trick\u2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The West\u2019s ridiculously bloated legal system sits there like a radioactive duck. For a pittance, the Chinese Communist Party can sponsor climate lawsuits that cost US companies big money, tie them up in court, slow them down, and sometimes bankrupt them, and that\u2019s for cases they don\u2019t win<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the other cases, left wing non-profits are running training programs for judges to indoctrinate them with climate ideology. (If we think some judges are crazy, perhaps they had help to get there?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Hearing Exposes China\u2019s Role In Backing Climate Lawsuits Against U.S. Energy<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Olivia Rondeau, ClimateChangeDispatch<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is financially backing left-wing climate lawfare in the United States, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and dark money expert Scott Walter revealed the shady details while testifying before a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Cruz, this campaign is a \u201cthree-pronged\u201d approach.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst, foreign money from entities tied to the Chinese Communist Party flows into the United States to bankroll climate advocacy groups who litigate against American energy,\u201d the senator said in his opening remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSecond, activist lawyers flood our courts with lawsuits designed not to win policy debates, but to bankrupt energy producers and to dismantle energy infrastructure through sheer attrition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd third, the judiciary itself is being quietly captured and brainwashed as left-wing nonprofits host closed-door trainings that indoctrinate judges to adopt the ideological goals of the climate welfare machine,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe CCP plainly has a strategy of driving the United States away from domestic energy sources and increasing U.S. dependence on sources that rely on a Chinese supply of solar panels, electric vehicle batteries, and other technologies.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the CCP do this in the US, why wouldn\u2019t they do it in Australia? (Perhaps they don\u2019t need to, they could hardly hope to sabotage the mining industry in Australia better than Tanya Plibersek has<\/a>.) But if they did, who would investigate? The ABC?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the Chinese Communist Party is just worried about carbon emissions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s what a good global citizen does \u2014 help everyone else cut emissions, especially stupid nations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s a bit like the way the CCP is suddenly so worried Australia might waste money on military expenses. Xiao Qian, China\u2019s Ambassador to Australia, doesn\u2019t mind us spending billions on Chinese made solar panels and wind-mills, but he\u2019s concerned about our heavy fiscal burden for defense and our livelihoods. It\u2019s all so touching\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t fall for NATO\u2019s hyped-up rhetoric on defence spending<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Xiao Qian, in The Australian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By playing up international and regional tensions and slandering China\u2019s normal military build-up, these countries are merely seeking nothing but excuses to drastically grow their military spending\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dramatically increasing military spending places a heavy fiscal burden on the countries involved<\/strong>, undermining their efforts to boost economies and improve livelihoods,<\/strong> and further straining a global economy already struggling with weak recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a blog we might call this a concern troll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the CCP were so worried about us wasting money on defense they didn\u2019t have to conduct live firing exercises off Sydney\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image: Green paint for Chairman Mao. \u2026by Daderot <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The West\u2019s ridiculously bloated legal system sits there like a radioactive duck. For a pittance, the Chinese Communist Party can sponsor climate lawsuits that cost US companies big money, tie them up in court, slow them down, and sometimes bankrupt them, and that\u2019s for cases they\u00a0don\u2019t 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