- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 24, 2022
Star Tribune Says Minnesota Climate Lawsuit Has Become “An Issue in Attorney General’s Race,” But Leaves Out Key Context
The political fallout from the climate lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in 2020 continues as the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports the case “has become a campaign issue” in the state’s attorney general’s race less than three months before Election Day “as Ellison defends his seat this year.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 29, 2022
Fossil Fuel Phobia Is All We Ever Get from Biden
Fossil Fuel Phobia Is All We Ever Get from Biden Paul DriessenSenior Policy Analyst, CFACT …. …. [Editor’s Note: Joe Biden doesn’t remember what he said five minutes ago but he has a fossil fuel phobia instilled from years of hanging with enviros and corporatists.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 21, 2022
Minnesota Attorney General Claims Ignorance When Pressed on Donor Influence
In a recent interview with Minnesota Public Radio, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he does not know who funds the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at New York University Law School – the program that has paid the salaries of two Special Assistant Attorneys General (SAAGS) serving in his office that have played a major role supporting his climate lawsuit against energy producers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 18, 2022
8th Circuit Zeroes in on Federal Nature of Minnesota Climate Lawsuit
A panel of justices on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals probed attorneys about the federal nature of Minnesota’s climate lawsuit during oral arguments last week over whether the case should be heard in federal or state court.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2022
Minnesota Considers Legislation to Block Attorney General from Accepting Bloomberg Attorneys
This week, the Minnesota Senate’s State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee advanced legislation that would prevent privately paid outside lawyers from working in the state attorney general’s office.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 6, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – November 6, 2021
natural gas now Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 26, 2021
Surprise: Activists Support the Minnesota Climate Lawsuit They Wrote
Activist groups Center for Climate Integrity and Fresh Energy, key players in the climate litigation campaign, are running the show in Minnesota – from both the inside and the outside.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 25, 2021
Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota Gets Boost from Biden Administration
The construction of a major pipeline replacement project that would carry crude from Canadian oilfields to a refinery in Wisconsin got a major boost on Thursday from the Biden Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 17, 2021
While Claiming ‘Environmental Justice,’ Pipeline Protesters Vandalize Native-Owned Businesses
To stop construction of the Line 3 pipeline replacement project in Minnesota, activists have increasingly argued for environmental justice for Native Americans who live along the route.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 17, 2021
Minnesota Attorney General Praises Transparency While Ignoring It Himself
In a recent Minneapolis Star Tribune op-ed, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison swears that his office has been completely transparent about the climate lawsuit it filed against energy companies and trade associations in June 2020.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 27, 2021
Uncovered Documents Show Out-of-State Lawyers Stand to Make Millions on Minnesota Climate Lawsuit
New documents uncovered through an open records request provide fresh details about the millions of dollars a San Francisco law firm stands to gain if it prevails in a controversial climate lawsuit targeting oil and gas companies.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 22, 2020
Revealed: Minnesota Attorney General Enlists Sher Edling for Climate Case
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is again relying on a national network to boost his climate lawsuit by recruiting the plaintiffs’ law firm Sher Edling, one of the key players in the climate litigation campaign, to help represent the state alongside his office.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2020
Activists Launch Video Featuring Minnesota Attorney General Discussing Climate Lawsuit
Activist groups at the heart of the climate litigation campaign have launched a new video featuring Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison promoting the climate lawsuit he filed this summer.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 18, 2020
Foreign Policy Can’t Be Left in the Hands of Governors
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Foreign policy belongs in the hands of the President, not governors captured by the demands of fractivists and other special interests.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 12, 2020
Congestion on the Grid Forcing Cancellation of Solar and Wind Projects
... … … Editor’s Note: Congestion isn’t just about traffic routes; it also affects the electrical grid and solar and wind projects are creating it and dying by it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 15, 2020
Minnesota Senate ousts Commerce commissioner
The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate has ousted state Commerce Commissioner Steve Kelley, in part because of his role in fighting the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline project, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 28, 2020
Activists Convinced Minnesota Attorney General To File Climate Lawsuit
A Minnesota activist group completely blew the cover of the entire climate litigation campaign by acknowledging how closely private individuals and organizations have coordinated with state attorneys general to promote lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 25, 2020
Three Things to Know About Minnesota’s New Climate Lawsuit
On Wednesday, Minnesota became the latest state to file a climate lawsuit against the energy industry. This marks the first lawsuit of this kind to be filed after the failure of the New York Attorney General’s case against ExxonMobil last fall. At- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 27, 2020
Solar Capacity Low Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine? Who Could’ve Known?
... … … The idiocy quotient of government rises again as solar capacity falls to abysmal levels in Minnesota where the sun doesn’t shine all that much in winter.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 2, 2019
Going Green Is No Fun; No Wonder Fractivists Are So Miserable
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Going green, regardless what fractivists may say, is no idea of a good time for most of us.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 9, 2019
Pipeline Vandalism Is A Crime; Stop Pretending It’s Your Civil Liberty!
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Pipeline vandalism is both criminal and dangerous but apologists for it want us to believe it’s only protest and their right; that they’re victims.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 9, 2019
Out-of-Town Protesters, Funded by Billionaires, Used to Fight Pipelines
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Out-of-town protesters are the workhorses of the pipeline opposition. Financed by billionaires they destroy and disrupt, leaving behind their dirt.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 16, 2019
Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – March 16, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 14, 2019
An Unsurprising Wind Energy Fail: It Can’t Handle the Weather!
... … … Just when they needed it most; the Mid-West experienced a big-time wind energy fail last month. It could handle changes in the weather, of all things!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 2, 2019