The U.S. Department of the Treasury is moving to pull back the curtain on one of the most opaque corners of the dark money world, an effort that could shine a light on the financial networks fueling decades of climate lawsuits against American energy companies.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Courts Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), are accelerating their investigation into climate activists, plaintiffs’ attorneys, and the “improper attempts by the Environmental Law Institute and its Climate Judiciary Project to influence federal judges.”
