"Threatened with potentially huge financial penalties, industry and its supporters recently turned to the Supreme Court for help without success. Now, Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, has launched a new line of attack that could help industry by focusing on the money that's allegedly behind the climate cases. At a June hearing on Capitol Hill, Cruz accused China of funding the lawsuits in order to cripple U.S. oil and gas producers and to strengthen Beijing's position in global energy markets."
"However, Cruz's office has not offered evidence that China or a China-linked nonprofit that Cruz identified by name has funded climate lawsuits in the United States. A spokesperson for Cruz, Macarena Martinez, provided NPR with a response from ChatGPT that reads, in part: "What's not publicly demonstrated (so far) is a direct, documented grant-to-lawsuit pipeline.""
States and localities have sued fossil fuel companies to recover costs from climate change impacts, alleging that corporations misled the public for decades about fossil fuel dangers. Industry sought relief from the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful, and political allies have pursued alternate strategies. Senator Ted Cruz accused China of funding U.S. climate lawsuits to weaken American oil and gas producers and boost Beijing's energy position, though his office has not provided evidence. A Cruz spokesperson supplied a ChatGPT-cited response noting lack of a documented grant-to-lawsuit pipeline. Republican probes have long targeted environmental funding sources as litigation proliferates.
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