Here we go again—another glaring example of the Biden-Harris administration weaponizing government power to push a radical climate agenda, this time siding with liberal states and cities in lawsuits aimed at extracting billions of dollars from the oil and gas industry. If you thought this administration was serious about energy security or economic stability, the Department of Justice’s latest move proves otherwise.

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar quietly filed briefs this week urging the Supreme Court to let these climate lawsuits proceed, effectively siding with progressive activists over common sense. The cases in question—one brought by Honolulu and another involving GOP-led states pushing back against similar litigation in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island—are part of a coordinated, years-long effort to punish oil companies for global climate change.

Let’s state the obvious: global climate change is a global issue. Trying to pin the costs of it on a handful of American energy producers is as absurd as it is dangerous. But the Left doesn’t care. The lawsuits argue that oil companies knew for decades about the environmental impact of their products and “covered it up”—a claim that has all the hallmarks of political theater but lacks substance when scrutinized.

In the Honolulu case, Prelogar urged the Supreme Court to stay out of it, arguing that the Hawaii supreme court’s decision last year to let the case move forward doesn’t warrant federal review. Translation: the Biden DOJ wants to keep these lawsuits bottled up in state courts, where liberal judges and activist attorneys general can tilt the playing field. Chevron’s attorney, Theodore Boutrous, hit the nail on the head when he said the Hawaii decision “flatly contradicts U.S. Supreme Court precedent and other federal circuit court decisions.” In other words, this isn’t just bad legal reasoning—it’s an outright assault on the energy sector.

But here’s where it gets worse: the Alabama case, brought by 19 Republican states, raises even larger concerns. These states rightly argue that allowing a patchwork of state-level lawsuits to target global climate emissions threatens the “equal sovereignty” of states and endangers the nation’s energy infrastructure. Picture this—if every state can haul energy producers into court and slap them with multi-billion-dollar penalties for global climate effects, the result will be a fragmented, chaotic system where the oil industry is bled dry. The costs? They’ll land squarely on the backs of American consumers already suffering under Bidenflation.

And let’s not ignore the puppet masters behind the curtain. The California law firm Sher Edling, founded in 2016 to spearhead these climate lawsuits, has been bankrolled by anonymous dark money. Nearly $14 million has flowed to the firm through the so-called “Collective Action Fund for Accountability,” a shadowy pass-through group that keeps wealthy donors hidden while they fund the Left’s war on oil. What do you call it when faceless elites bankroll lawsuits to dismantle the energy industry that powers the nation? A coordinated attack.

O.H. Skinner, executive director of the Alliance for Consumers, got it exactly right: “What this looks like is liberal dark money groups getting their way under President Biden despite past Department of Justice precedent.” The DOJ’s alignment with these lawsuits isn’t about justice; it’s about enforcing an ideological agenda that prioritizes punishing energy producers over addressing the real complexities of global climate issues.

Of course, climate activists are cheering. The Rockefeller-funded Center for Climate Integrity wasted no time applauding Prelogar’s briefs, claiming that these lawsuits are about “holding corporations accountable for lying about their harmful products.” Never mind that fossil fuels have powered the greatest economic expansion in human history, lifted billions out of poverty, and continue to keep the lights on in households across America. The energy sector isn’t the villain here—it’s the backbone of modern life.

Here’s the bottom line: these lawsuits are an existential threat to America’s energy security, and the Biden administration is cheering them on. If the Supreme Court allows this nonsense to continue, the consequences will be catastrophic. The cost of energy—already inflated by this administration’s disastrous policies—will skyrocket further. The lawsuits will embolden every state and local government to drain resources from energy producers, jeopardizing jobs, raising gas prices, and driving more manufacturing overseas.

And let’s not forget, the endgame here isn’t just to punish Big Oil—it’s to dismantle it entirely. This administration has made no secret of its disdain for fossil fuels, despite their necessity. But you can’t heat homes, power factories, or fuel cars on windmill dreams and electric slogans.