Federal Judge Throws Out Puerto Rico Climate Lawsuit As Nationwide Climate Dismissals Pile Up

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Federal Judge Throws Out Puerto Rico Climate Lawsuit As Nationwide Climate Dismissals Pile Up

Plaintiffs’ attempt to hold energy companies accountable under RICO fails, marking yet another setback for a failed legal 'theory'.
by Kyle Kohli  September 15, 2025, 9:34 AM in Extreme Weather, Lawfare, Money & Finance, News and Opinion, 
Two years after The New York Times ran a feature story on the private attorney representing Puerto Rico municipalities in their climate lawsuit, a federal judge has dismissed the case. [emphasis, links added]


When the case was filed, the outlet wrote that attorney Missy Sims is “the singular force behind a creative legal gambit to make oil and gas companies pay” for the [alleged] effects of climate change.

This “gambit,” which included charging oil companies under anti-racketeering laws for the first time, generated many a headline but ultimately ended the same way as many other cases against the industry: dismissal.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/puerto-rico-climate-lawsuit-dismissal-energy-companies/

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

These litigants need to cover the costs for the government expenditures for these frivolous lawsuits.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Leftists are using lawfare as extortion and racketeering.

Energy companies should counter-sue for civil RICO damages.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Leftists are using lawfare as extortion and racketeering.

Need tort reform big time.