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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Sierra Club Sues to Stop Offshore Drilling, and Guess Who Is Funding the Defense

Article and links at PJM: A little known US law called the Equal Access to Justice Act, signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, allows the groups to use lawsuits against government as revenue sources. When they sue, the government has to incur the costs of defending itself against the lawsuits, and also picks up the expenses for the groups suing the government.

via Newsalert.

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