Shutting down energy by suing oil companies for climate change, extending vote tabulation by seven days. Dana “Darth” Nessel is wreaking havoc. Will you let her destroy Michigan and the country?
Dana “Darth” Nessel To Sue Big Oil Over Climate Change
https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/news/michigan-to-wage-war-on-oil-and-gas-companies
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has selected three private law firms that specialize in activist litigation to sue oil and gas companies for allegedly contributing to climate change.
The Department of Attorney General selected the outside legal teams to serve as special assistant attorneys general to sue the fossil fuel industry on behalf of the State of Michigan, Nessel’s Press Secretary Danny Wimmer told Michigan Capitol Confidential in an email.
Sher Edling LLP is a San Francisco-based law firm. “We help our clients hold polluters accountable for deceiving consumers about climate change, for contaminating the drinking water people rely on, and for threatening our communities and health with dangerous chemicals in our land, air and water,” the firm says on its website.
The firm has come under scrutiny for its funding by a variety of activist groups and its undisclosed work with former National Transportation and Safety Board official Ann Carlson prior to Carlson’s abortive nomination as NTSB administrator.
For amounts up to $150 million, the law firms will receive 10% before discovery and 16.67% after discovery.
The firms will receive 2.5% of amounts exceeding $150 million before discovery and 7.5% after, according to the contract.
The planned lawsuit targets corporations but, if successful, will impact the customers and employees of the plaintiff companies, said Jason Hayes, director of energy and environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Revoking Renewables – Will Trump Stop The Spending Insanity
Michigan has 62 renewable energy and EV based projects that total $26 billion in subsidies from the federal government funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. $500 billion is the total amount of expenditures designated by the bill which passed in 2022. In Michigan only 6 of the 26 projects are operational. The goal is to transform our economy away from fossil fuel based production systems. While Michigan is losing residents and is at the bottom of the list of economic growth, these are the manufacturing efforts that priority.
In Lansing, a General Motors plant that currently assembles internal combustion Cadillacs is being retooled to produce electric vehicles.
West of Marquette, the nation’s only nickel mine will expand its facilities to harvest “critical minerals” from waste rock, producing enough nickel for half-a-million EV batteries.
In southwest Michigan, the shuttered Palisades nuclear power plant is looking likely to reopen.
And across the state, homeowners are installing energy-efficient water heaters, airtight windows and rooftop solar panels to shrink their energy bills and their dependence on the fossil fuels tha
The investment from the IRA has spurred development all across the country,” Kolodin told Bridge Michigan. “I think that whoever the next president is, is going to recognize that the momentum that the United States has in this sector is broadly shared, and will find it unappealing to want to roll back those provisions.”
The bulk of that money has funded projects in red or swing states. Michigan has been a particularly big winner, with 62 announced projects totaling $26.6 billion in new investment since the IRA’s passage. That’s more than any other state, according to an analysis from Climate Power.
Enbridge Line 5
Line 5 is a natural gas and oil pipeline that supplies fuel for $38 Billion regional economy of US and Canada. It is a 30 inch pipeline that crosses the Straits of Mackinac. Former Gov Sneider approved an initiative that would allow the operator Enbridge to construct a tunnel buried 100 feet beneath the bedrock of Lake Michigan, and then encase a new pipeline in concrete. Gov Whitmer and Dana “Darth” Nessel initiated 2 lawsuits to halt this project. The irony is that recently a Michigan court overturned the ability of Green Charter Township to reverse a decision of the former board of supervisors that would enable CCP based Gotion the ability to access ground water for their Lithium plant.
Lawsuit Will Be Heard In Michigan Court
Federal appeals court keeps Line 5 lawsuit in state court
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Friday shot down an effort from the pipeline’s owner to keep the case before federal judges.
Sean McBrearty, director for the Michigan branch of the environmental group Clean Water Action, said he believes this settles a years-long back-and-forth about whether the case belongs in state or federal court.
“These are critical issues that need to be heard in our Michigan courts, not in a federal court, which, frankly, just doesn’t have the right kind of jurisdiction or understanding around these particular state law issues,” he said.
Earlier this summer, the federal appellate court judges remanded the case back to Michigan’s 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County. But Enbridge, the Canada-based company that owns Line 5, had requested a rehearing before the entire U.S. Court of Appeals.
Friday’s denial closes the door on that happening.
“We are disappointed that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has denied our petition for rehearing. Enbridge believes that the case should remain in federal court given the clear and substantial questions of federal law raised by the Attorney General’s complaint,” Enbridge spokesperson Ryan Duffy said in a written statement.
Darth Nessel Wants to Count The Votes For 7 Additional Days
Nessel has confirmed that any overseas ballot postmarked on Election Day will be counted up to 7 days past Nov 5th.
“Nothing contained in this subsection shall prevent the legislature from expanding voters’ rights beyond what is provided herein.”
The Attorney General concludes that the six-day deadline for receiving military and overseas ballots can be extended to the next business day when the sixth day falls on a holiday.
Early voting corruption not enough to push Harris over finish line.
— Patrick Colbeck✝️ (@pjcolbeck) October 14, 2024
Now, MI AG @DanaNessel is pushing for late voting. Overseas ballots will now have until November 12...7 days after the November 5 election to be received.
REMEMBER: MI Dems targeting 264,256 UOCAVA voters in…
264,000 New Overseas Registrations – Secretary of State Benson has 11th Lawsuit Over Procedures
Democrats that there are 1.7 new overseas registrations. Benson has issued the directive “A United States citizen who has never resided in the United States but who has a parent, legal guardian, or spouse who was last domiciled in Michigan is eligible to vote in Michigan as long as the citizen has not registered or voted in another state.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/breaking-michigan-gop-rnc-file-bombshell-lawsuit-against/
MIGOP and the RNC filed a lawsuit in the MI Court of Claims against Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson and MI Bureau of Elections Director Jonathan Brater to challenge the constitutionality of Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson’s guidance, which allows overseas or UOCAVA voters who have never resided in Michigan to register to vote in Michigan.
The Michigan Constitution allows Michigan residents—and only Michigan residents—to vote. See Const. 1963, art. 2, § 1 (“Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 21 years, who has resided in this state six months, and who meets the requirements of local residence provided by law, shall be an elector and qualified to vote in any election except as otherwise provided in this constitution. The legislature shall define residence for voting purposes.”)
Sadly Ballots Have Already Been Submitted
Unlike other voters, overseas voters can use an address where they have not lived for several years.
All but 13 states allow U.S. citizens born overseas but who have never lived in the U.S. to register and vote using a parent’s last residential address, according to data collected by the Election Assistance Commission.