Because climate change is a money making racket utilized through lawfare.

Law firms could reap a massive windfall from climate lawsuits that have been filed in numerous Democrat-leaning jurisdictions across the U.S., a Daily Caller News Foundation review of legal contracts found.

Several state and municipal prosecutors across the country have signed agreements with private law firms to help with lawsuits against major energy corporations. These contracts, known as contingency fee agreements, reward law firms with a percentage of the payout if the parties reach a settlement — but do not require substantial up-front payments from local governments.

These agreements create incentives for activist law firms and often-Democratic prosecutors to collaborate on litigation against American energy companies in pursuit of hefty settlements. Prospective settlements could vary in size, ranging from tens of millions of dollars to billions depending on how the cases play out, according to E&E News. While the specifics of the cases vary, the lawsuits generally argue that major energy companies are liable for misleading the public about environmental damage their products allegedly cause.

While, thankfully and so far, none of the lawsuits have been successful, they do pose massive risks for American fossil fuel companies. If the litigation is successful, U.S. fossil fuel production will come grinding to a halt because of the present and forthcoming litigation resulting from an outcome favorable to the climate cultists bankrolling this litigation.

In the meantime, and as Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has correctly pointed out, fossil fuel companies have to use profits that would benefit shareholders to defend themselves in court. The Daily Caller lists examples of the kind of payouts law firms will get if they’re successful.

  1. [Sher Edling and Altshuler Berzon] cumulatively stand to take home 25% of the first $100 million recovered, 15% of the next $50 million and 7.5% of recovered funds in excess of $150 million, according to the contingency fee agreement covering the firms’ work for [San Francisco]
  2. The Hannon Law Firm similarly stands to reap about 20% of any large prospective settlement achieved by the city of Boulder, Colorado, in its climate nuisance case against energy companies, according to Forbes.
  3. Three law firms — Worthington and Caron, Simon Greenstone Panatier and Thomas, Coon, Newton and Frost — are helping Multnomah County, Oregon, which includes Portland, with its climate litigation, according to the Texas Lawyer.

The legal questions raised by this lawsuits can have an impact in the overall federalist system of the U.S. If they’re successful, the litigation could push for more centralization of power including political control of fossil fuel production. Hopefully, fossil fuel companies are countersuing the cities in question since the discovery phase of the countersuits would undoubtedly be very revealing.