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CCI Pitches Climate Litigation to Allegheny County, PA Amidst Local Resistance

Despite local resistance from Pennsylvania workers, on April 10, a Rockefeller-funded activist organization that recruits municipalities, cities, and states across the country to join the litigation campaign pitched their anti-energy playbook to the Allegheny County Council Committee on Sustainability and Green Initiatives.

The Center for Climate Integrity’s (CCI) presentation came days after a wide variety of business leaders in the state sent an open letter to the Council that made the case against litigation, writing that it would hamper job growth, wages, and environmental groups – only to appease out-of-state activists. At the same time, local backlash to Bucks County’s recent suit has been swift, even forcing one Commissioner to withdraw support of the lawsuit.

Read the full post at EIDClimate.org.

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