{"id":2674515,"date":"2026-10-02T08:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignclimate-activists-want-the-supreme-court-to-impose-a-green-new-deal-that-voters-rejected\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:39:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:39:32","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignclimate-activists-want-the-supreme-court-to-impose-a-green-new-deal-that-voters-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignclimate-activists-want-the-supreme-court-to-impose-a-green-new-deal-that-voters-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Want The Supreme Court To Impose A Green New Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignclimate-activists-want-the-supreme-court-to-impose-a-green-new-deal-that-voters-rejected%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=2674515&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>On October 5th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Suncor Energy v. county Commissioners of boulder County, which questions whether federal law and the Constitution prevent state-law public nuisance claims related to greenhouse gas emissions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-left-riots-trump-admin-remains-hard-at-work-busts-diabolical-mexican-national\/\" title=\"As Left Riots Trump Admin Remains Hard at Work, Busts Diabolical Mexican National\">case highlights ongoing efforts<\/a> by left-wing activists to use litigation as a tool to target and perhaps bankrupt the energy industry,aiming to impose liability for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/last-ditch-effort-to-kill-trump-fossil-fuel-eos-goes-down-in-flames\/\" title=\"Last-Ditch Effort to Kill Trump Fossil Fuel EOs Goes Down in Flames\">climate-related harms<\/a>. Thes lawsuits, predominantly filed by blue states and municipalities, seek damages for damages allegedly caused by energy companies&#8217; contributions to global emissions. Critics argue that this legal strategy aims to bypass democratic processes, potentially leading to billions of dollars in damages, higher energy costs, and the dismantling of capitalism. the movement behind these efforts advocates for radical reforms, including overhauling the free-market system and even pursuing criminal charges against energy companies, framing capitalism as a driver of environmental destruction. the article warns that this lawfare campaign threatens to extend beyond the energy sector to any industry associated with climate change, calling for the Supreme Court to declare such litigation unlawful and halt this broader campaign.  <\/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<div>\n<p>On Oct. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/www.supremecourt.gov\/search.aspx?filename=\/docket\/docketfiles\/html\/public\/25-170.html___.YXAzOmNyY2E6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxzX2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6MDNhMGFjMDA2MjViNjA0MzlmZjk2OTk0NTIzYzIwNDI6NzpmMGU0Ojk0ZmQzODExMGYzNDk5OTcxNzlhMDFiNmZlMjYxZGJjZjcyY2ZiZmI3YTc2YjBhZjhiOGE0YjJkOTk5NDhjMjM6cDpUOkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>In <em>Suncor<\/em>, the court will consider whether federal law and the Constitution\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >structure bar state-law public nuisance claims seeking<\/a> to impose liability for alleged local harms attributed to interstate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-declines-to-take-up-nra-free-speech-case\/\" title=\"... declines to take up NRA free speech ...\">international greenhouse gas emissions<\/a>. At stake is whether leftist activists are allowed to weaponize our legal system to bankrupt lawful industries in a last-ditch effort to tear down our capitalist system. <em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a generation, left-wing activists have tried to sell the broader electorate on the fundamental reshaping of our economy and way of life. Luckily, it hasn\u2019t worked. Democratic socialism has gained a foothold in some progressive jurisdictions, but the systemwide overhaul that anti-capitalist activists desire has never come to fruition, and for good reason: Voters have heard the pitch and rejected it in election after election.<\/p>\n<p>Now, rather than merely continuing to pursue these unpopular policies in Congress or at the ballot box, the activist left is more heavily resorting to less democratic tactics. <em>Suncor <\/em>is part of a mounting campaign of leftists\u2019 ideological lawfare. Close to three dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2024\/04\/04\/after-a-long-slog-climate-change-lawsuits-will-finally-put-big-oil-on-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climate change liability lawsuits<\/a> are proliferating in state courts across America, filed by blue states and municipalities against the energy industry.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs, including Boulder, contend that their suits are merely about recovering damages from energy companies for their alleged contribution to global carbon emissions. They insist that local infrastructure damage resulting from weather events such as floods, droughts, and wildfires can be traced back to the conduct of specific companies. Boulder hopes a jury will let it pin more than a century of worldwide emissions from innumerable sources, including the plaintiffs, on a handful of energy companies.<\/p>\n<p>If those behind Boulder\u2019s suit can win through a courtroom the policy outcomes they could not win at the ballot box, voters lose their voice and Congress loses its authority over national policy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bankrupting Energy Companies<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The plaintiffs\u2019 theory of causation is legally baseless, but the threat these suits pose should not be ignored. If unchecked, this lawfare campaign seems almost purpose-built to bankrupt an industry that the left disfavors and to siphon its resources toward left-wing priorities. Adverse verdicts could extract <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/reynoldslaw.us\/multnomah-countys-51-billion-lawsuit-against-big-oil-gas\/___.YXAzOmNyY2E6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxzX2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6MDNhMGFjMDA2MjViNjA0MzlmZjk2OTk0NTIzYzIwNDI6Nzo3NmRjOjdmNzc2YTMzMmM2ZjgzYzljYTlhOThiMTA4MjRlNGY4MGY5OTYwN2E1OTcyOTFlNDc5NWE1OWI0YjAyY2RmYTg6cDpUOkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tens of billions of dollars<\/a> from the energy sector and effectively impose a national carbon tax on American consumers. Gas prices and utility bills would soar, left-wing activists and green advocates would cheer, and working families would bear the cost.<\/p>\n<p>The activists pushing these lawsuits are unbothered by that outcome. In fact, a lawyer representing Boulder <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1wyxaE4TC-A?si=9uwkbEkWHCUPy8qu&#038;t=2042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">predicted<\/a> that the bankruptcy of American energy companies is a likely result of the lawsuits.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Destroying Capitalism<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The green movement behind this lawfare campaign believes the only way to build its green utopia is to destroy capitalism and reshape our way of life. In 2014, the Sierra Club published an article about climate activist Naomi Klein\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/sierra\/2015-1-january-february\/feature\/capitalism-vs-planet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate<\/em><\/a>, which argued the only way to stop climate change is to overhaul our free-market system entirely. Other groups like <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/systemchangenotclimatechange.org\/points-of-unity\/___.YXAzOmNyY2E6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxzX2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6MDNhMGFjMDA2MjViNjA0MzlmZjk2OTk0NTIzYzIwNDI6NzplZDIzOjU1MWMzOWIzNGUzYjM5NGQ3MDFkYTY0OGRhZGQ4ZWYzYzQ3N2Y2OGMyNDYxMzJjOGVjOGI2ZGVjZGUzNGEzYTk6cDpUOkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">System Change Not Climate Change<\/a> believe social transformation and anti-capitalist revolution are necessary to \u201caddress immediate ecological concerns.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/rebellion.global\/about-us\/___.YXAzOmNyY2E6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxzX2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6MDNhMGFjMDA2MjViNjA0MzlmZjk2OTk0NTIzYzIwNDI6NzowNDEzOjgzMGNmMzgzM2IyNmZjYTcxMTQ2MmU5ZGM1NmNmN2NhNjEyMTc2ZTlmNDE1ODNhOGNjNzYyMzg4YTUxODZjNGE6cDpUOkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Extinction Rebellion<\/a>, a group that calls for \u201ccivil disobedience\u201d as a response to climate change, has <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/rebellion.global\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/global-newsletter-91\/___.YXAzOmNyY2E6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxzX2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6MDNhMGFjMDA2MjViNjA0MzlmZjk2OTk0NTIzYzIwNDI6NzpkNzJiOmE2MDhiNzYzNWVjZTU3NzgzMjMwMmE4YjY4ODY4ODU3ODRmMDZmNjgxN2RkYTVjOTkwMDA1N2IxODEzMmYwZjg6cDpUOkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a> capitalism as the \u201cengine\u201d behind \u201cthe biggest death project in human history.\u201d Taking that logic to its extreme, Public Citizen has advocated for charging energy companies with criminal homicide. And last year, the energy industry was hit with the first climate <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/29\/climate\/oil-companies-wrongful-death-lawsuit-heat-dome.html___.YXAzOmNyY2E6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxzX2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6MDNhMGFjMDA2MjViNjA0MzlmZjk2OTk0NTIzYzIwNDI6NzoxNTdhOjI1MDhkOGFiN2Q5YjU2OWFiZmE3MWIwNTM0MWVhOThiOWIyYTlhZGY5YWFjNDE0Y2I0NmI5ODQyMzIwODEwOWY6cDpUOkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cwrongful death\u201d lawsuit<\/a>, which a judge in Washington state has since allowed to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>Look under the hood and it becomes clear that this activist-driven campaign will not stop with the energy industry. Any sector, company, or product that can be even loosely tied to climate change will be targeted. In 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched a lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-sues-exxonmobil-deceiving-public-recyclability-plastic___.YXAzOmNyY2E6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxzX2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6MDNhMGFjMDA2MjViNjA0MzlmZjk2OTk0NTIzYzIwNDI6Nzo3Y2ZkOmZiYjVmYzc3Y2UwN2Q0YWEyNmVkNjYwZTExZWEyNDY0ZDUxZjNiZjE2NjhkMDNlMmQzODI3YjZjZGJiN2ZhMTU6cDpUOkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over plastics<\/a>. Automakers, manufacturers, cattle ranchers, and every other carbon-emitting industry should expect a flood of lawsuits if Boulder\u2019s case is not stopped.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court should make clear that Boulder\u2019s effort to force societal change through litigation is unlawful and end this lawfare campaign once and for all.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      O.H. Skinner is executive director of Alliance for Consumers and the former solicitor general of Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court to hear Suncor case on climate liability claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3913,"featured_media":2674516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Suncor_Energy_refinery_Commerce_City_Colorado-e1790860822285.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[14436,51667,32275],"class_list":["post-2674515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-activism","tag-climate-change-2","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Suncor_Energy_refinery_Commerce_City_Colorado-e1790860822285.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2674515"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2674519,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674515\/revisions\/2674519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2674516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2674515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2674515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2674515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}