(The Center Square) – Twenty-eight amicus briefs were filed in support of Colorado’s Boulder County in a Supreme Court case attempting to take down energy companies in the name of climate change.
A former Arizona solicitor general calls the case an example of "climate lawfare" in part because of the monetary ties most of those filing the briefs have to left-wing organizations.
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