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R.I. lawsuit seeks to expose political nature of climate change prosecutions

R.I. lawsuit seeks to expose political nature of climate change prosecutions

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PROVIDENCE – Two national public interest groups are suing Rhode Island's attorney general, whom the groups claim formed a "secret pact" with climate change lobbyists and other state attorneys general to prosecute those who raise questions about global warming. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C.-based Free Market Environment Law Clinic and the Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed suit in Providence Superior Court against the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General, seeking specific re

PROVIDENCE – Two national public interest groups are suing Rhode Island's attorney general, whom the groups claim formed a "secret pact" with climate change lobbyists and other state attorneys general to prosecute those who raise questions about global warming. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C.-based Free Market Environment Law Clinic and the Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed suit in Providence Superior Court against the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General, seeking specific re…