Climate activists suffered another drawback this afternoon in their campaign to punish energy companies for global warming, as federal judge William Alsup dismissed the claim that there was a conspiracy to suppress climate science.

Multiple individuals in the court room shared the news on social media.

“Alsup dismissing the idea that there was some sort of conspiracy amongst fossil fuel companies to suppress info on climate,” tweeted Amy Westervelt of Climate Liability News. Amy Johl, a self-described “organizer” and “strategist” who focuses on climate change, tweeted that Judge Alsup ended the hearing by declaring “there is no conspiracy among fossil fuel cos to suppress info re climate science.”

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