Mike Meno Discusses the Recently-Introduced Senate “Stop Climate Shakedowns Act”

Per my May 2025 interview with Stanford’s Chris Callahan regarding his April 2025 “Nature” article titled, “Carbon Majors and the Scientific Case for Climate Liability,” we know that among the 90 companies responsible for 63% of industrial GHG emissions over the past 200 years, 83 are fossil fuel companies.

Two weeks ago Senator Cruz (R-TX) and four other Republican senators dropped their “Stop Climate Shakedown’s Act.” In part the legislation would prohibit retroactive liability, mandate dismissal of pending climate liability lawsuits in several states and preempt state authority, e.g., outlaw state climate superfund laws (think: NY and VT).

The bill was largely anticipated because the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” report proposed policy recommendations designed to “dismantle legal and regulatory frameworks” in response to what the Foundation terms “woke lawfare.”

Mike Meno, The Center for Climate Integrity’s Communication Director, unpacks the who, what, why, how and where.

Information on the Center for Climate Integrity is at: https://climateintegrity.org/

See also the Center’s “No Immunity for Big Oil” page at: https://www.noimmunityforbigoil.org/

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