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BY: Haris Alic April 2, 2018 2:09 pmA civil suit playing out between five American oil companies and the municipalities of Oakland and San Francisco started off poorly for climate change activists.In preparation for California v. Chevron, the date for which has yet to determined, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup ordered the litigants converge for a "climate change tutorial" in an effort to ensure all parties understood the scientific foundation that would form the basis of the trial. The city attorneys of San Francisco and Oakland, the suit's plaintiffs who are championed by climate change activists, were reportedly thrilled by the prospect. Some activists even compared the tutorial to the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial, according to the Wall Street Journal.The suit accuses the energy companies–BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Conoco Phillips, and Shell–of contributing to climate change and conspiring to cover up their knowledge of the associated detrimental effects.....During the tutorial, the judge pointed to several inaccuracies in the data and materials provided by the plaintiffs, sometimes to the embarrassment of climate change activists....http://freebeacon.com/issues/climate-change-trial-starts-rough-footing-environmentalists/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=f66fea3bb0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-f66fea3bb0-46053053
