Climate lawsuits are unquestionably about the policy aims of wealthy funders – a state judge in Maryland made this clear in her recent dismissal of Baltimore’s climate lawsuit, describing it as it an attempt to change national climate policy through “the back door.”

Now, a new Congressional report first published by the Washington Free Beacon exposes the extent to which billionaire donors have evaded both disclosure and tax obligations by funneling money to Sher Edling, a private law firm, for purposes of advancing a preferred climate policy agenda in the courtrooms.

EIDClimate.org breaks down the highlights of the Congressional report’s interim findings.

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