{"id":2209880,"date":"2024-03-30T22:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T02:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-warn-hawaiis-extreme-climate-ruling-is-a-stalking-horse-for-green-new-deal\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T22:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T02:13:22","slug":"experts-warn-hawaiis-extreme-climate-ruling-is-a-stalking-horse-for-green-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-warn-hawaiis-extreme-climate-ruling-is-a-stalking-horse-for-green-new-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii&#8217;s Landmark Climate Ruling Seen as Path to Green New Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexperts-warn-hawaiis-extreme-climate-ruling-is-a-stalking-horse-for-green-new-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Experts caution that\u2064 Hawaii&#8217;s\u200b legal\u2063 action against oil companies may pave the way for enforcing the Green\u200d New\u2063 Deal nationwide. The case\u2063 may reach\u200b the U.S. Supreme Court amid appeals \u200bby oil \u2062firms, \u2064triggering debates on \u200dconstitutional rights \u2062and climate policy jurisdiction. Concerns escalate over the influence of state rulings \u200con national climate regulations, \u200chighlighting the tension between state and federal climate responsibilities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Experts are warning that the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawaii\u2019s<\/a> ruling against oil companies is a \u201cstalking horse\u201d for effectively forcing Americans to live under the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>The warnings come as the U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/environment-and-energy\/oil-majors-take-hawaii-court-climate-decision-to-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">considers<\/a> taking up the case after the companies filed an appeal over the ruling. Some of the justices on the Hawaii Supreme Court have cited the \u201cspirit of Aloha\u201d in their rulings, which critics say is clear mockery directed at the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Honolulu claimed in its lawsuit that oil companies like Exxon and Chevron should pay billions of dollars because they were responsible for weather events that it claimed were caused by climate change, including sea level rise, heat waves, flooding, and global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hawaiis-big-oil-suit-stalking-horse-green-new-deal-push-nationwide-experts-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the oil companies initially appealed the ruling with the Hawaii Supreme Court, noting that federal law prevents states from shaping policies for all states.<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Severino, president of Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), said \u201cone rogue state court in Hawaii can\u2019t dictate climate policy for the nation\u201d and that \u201cit\u2019s Congress\u2019 job to set national policy in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Arizona Solicitor General O.H. Skinner, the CEO of Alliance for Consumers, said that the ruling was \u201ca stalking horse for the Green New Deal, with lefty enclaves looking to strong-arm progressive lifestyle choices onto an otherwise unwilling public by targeting industries that have yet to fall in line with the progressive ideal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hyper-ideological justices on the Hawaii Supreme Court seem to want to bankrupt fossil fuel companies and see this lawsuit as a magical key that unlocks unlimited power and a lot of money for progressive agendas,\u201d Skinner said.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald has worked in collaboration with a hard-Left judicial advocacy group called the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) that exists to indoctrinate judges on \u201chow to handle climate change litigation that comes before them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Other justices on Hawaii\u2019s top court have questioned the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that \u201cthe Aloha Spirit inspires constitutional interpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justices have also allowed their personal feelings to help dictate their rulings, including one who said in the ruling that in her \u201cview,\u201d climate change was \u201cthe most important issue facing all courts in the world at this point. It\u2019s an existential threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skinner noted that the ruling that Hawaii wants will have a profound impact on Americans\u2019 ability to live, especially in the era of having to deal with high costs due to the inflation that President Joe Biden caused with his American Rescue Plan in early 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonolulu\u2019s proverbial \u2018spirit of Aloha\u2019 assault here, if left unchecked, will actually bore a hole in the pockets of Americans as it marches across industry after industry, increasing the costs of food, cars, travel, and all the other basic building blocks of the modern American life at a pace that everyday Americans won\u2019t be able to afford,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the high court\u2019s problem because it will have compounding impacts on everyday Americans who are already struggling to keep up with the rising costs just to live a decent life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii&#8217;s ruling against oil companies is viewed as a precursor to implementing the Green New Deal. 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