The Chamber & The Courts

Not enough to shut down climate action in Congress. @USChamber turned to the courts.

1.In 2010, @USChamber sued @EPA, challenging the agency’s finding that carbon pollution endangers public health and welfare. #ChamberofCarbon

• https://www.chamberlitigation.com/sites/default/files/cases/files/2010/Chamber%20of%20Commerce%20v.%20EPA%20%28Endangerment%20Rule%29%20%28Petition%20for%20Review%29.pdf

2. In 2014, @USChamber convened rogues’ gallery of fossil fuel lobbyists and lawyers to plot legal strategy to take down #Obama administration efforts to limit carbon pollution. #ChamberofCarbon

• https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/us/obama-unveils-plan-to-sharply-limit-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html

3. In 2015, @USChamber led fossil fuel front groups suing to block the Clean Power Plan.

• https://www.chamberlitigation.com/sites/default/files/U.S.%20Chamber%2C%20et%20al.%20v.%20EPA%20%28ESPS%29%20--%20Petition%20for%20Review.pdf

4. Here’s my brief in the Ninth Circuit exposing the mischief they’ve been up to:

• https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-files-brief-in-landmark-california-public-nuisance-case-against-oil-companies