Oil cos.: Cook court should join ‘chorus,’ toss Chicago climate ‘deception’ suit – Legal Newsline

In the new filing, the energy companies say the city has no legal or constitutional basis to attempt to use an Illinois state law or Chicago city ordinance to extract payouts from the energy producers or dictate national energy and emissions policy far beyond the city's and state's borders.
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exChgo
5 months ago

Wouldn’t it be funny to see these plaintiffs (city of Chicago and state of Illinois governments) “walk the talk” and forego their use of all products and energy derived from petroleum products, in all their operations? Welcome to the virtuous middle ages/ Road Warrior films.

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