Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming is introducing a new bill called the ‘Stop Climate Shakedowns Act’ which is intended to stop climate change groups from filing frivolous lawsuits blaming corporations for the effects of climate change.
Hageman suggests that these groups do this almost as a form of tax that they would never be able to get passed the proper way, through Congress.
She mentions that she partnered with Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz on this.
Townhall has more details:
Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming is sounding the alarm that these activists are also trying to sue their way into taxing Americans in the name of “fighting climate change.” She’s introduced a Stop Climate Shakedowns Act to prevent this activist grift.
“It is the Stop the Climate Shakedowns Act, and what this has to do with is there are many communities and states around the country that have … filed lawsuits against our energy companies claiming that they are responsible for climate change and the impacts of climate change, and this is an effort to try, really, it’s another way of taxation, is really what these communities are doing,” Hageman said.
“So they’ve either adopted superfund laws claiming that producing energy has caused climate change and so those energy producers should be responsible for paying billions upon billions upon billions of dollars in fines,” she continued, “and then on the other hand, they’re just flat-out suing.”
“The city of Boulder, Colorado, has a lawsuit pending in front of the United States Supreme Court right now against Suncorp. So the purpose of my legislation, and I filed this in conjunction with Senator Ted Cruz, is to stop these lawsuits in their tracks,” Hageman said.
See the video below:
Activists can’t win in Congress, so they’re suing their way to a tax hike on every American family. My Stop Climate Shakedowns Act ends this scheme. pic.twitter.com/o33TyPXkbp
— Rep. Harriet Hageman (@RepHageman) July 30, 2026
It’s a shame that this kind of legislation is even needed, but it’s great that Hageman is addressing a real problem.
Harriet Hageman will always deserve a special place on the right for ousting Liz Cheney from Congress.
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