Disclosures Show Foreign Billionaire Funding Green Lawfare Against ExxonMobil
by Thomas Catenacci Jan 17, 2025
Andrew Forrest, an Australian billionaire environmentalist, is quietly funding litigation in the United States targeting ExxonMobil, an oil company whose ventures directly compete with his business, according to federal disclosures reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. [emphasis, links added]
The foreign agent registration filings show that the Intergenerational Environment Justice Fund—which was founded by Forrest and is tied to Forrest’s Australia-based social and environmental nonprofit, the Minderoo Foundation—is paying California-based law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy to pursue eco litigation against ExxonMobil.
That firm filed the lawsuit against ExxonMobil in California state court in September, accusing the company of concealing the harms of its petrochemical and plastics business.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/disclosures-show-foreign-billionaire-funding-green-lawfare-against-exxonmobil/
