ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

State court proceedings in Rhode Island’s case were put on hold in August pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s and Rhode Island Supreme Court’s consideration of personal jurisdiction issues in unrelated cases. Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co. , No 19-1818 (1st Cir.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Tennessee Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups to Proceed with Challenge to TVA Long-Term Contracts. The federal district court for the Western District of Tennessee denied the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging long-term contracts for electricity between TVA and local utilities.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Jacobson’s lawsuit asserted defamation, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel claims. Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson withdrew his lawsuit against the lead author and publisher of an article that critiqued an article by Jacobson and others on grid reliability and renewable energy.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 30, 2021

However, in a chilling turn of events, the university has now refused to renew his contract. However, it proved a pyrrhic victory for Manco who was then promptly canned when his contract came up. It was a direct and serious attack on free speech and ultimately the university concluded that Manco did not violate any school policy.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis defended the murder of a conservative protester and said he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. Joseph’s University refused to renew a contract for a professor who actually prevailed in such a free speech fight. We discussed how St.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

However, cities like Providence, Rhode Island are not waiting. FOX Business reported that Providence, Rhode Island has already dedicated $10 million in pandemic relief toward creating the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission to address “racial equity.”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Neil Matkin and other college officials refused to renew her contract due to her controversial tweet. The college has also cited other grounds for not renewing the contract, including “insubordination” and making private personnel issues public that impair the college’s operations.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 25, 2022

Rhode Island Professor Erik Loomis, who writes for the site Lawyers, Guns, and Money , said he saw “nothing wrong” with the killing of a conservative protester — a view defended by other academics. We previously discussed the case of Professor Gregory Manco who lost his contract with St. He is now suing the university.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2022

” Academics like Rhode Island Professor Erik Loomis have declared that science and statistics are racist while others have declared math is racist. Even if you prevail, you may find yourself unemployed when your contract is not renewed. We recently discussed that concern where a St.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 23, 2022

This litigation began in early June 2019 when Vox Media’s writers staged a walkout to call for a collective bargaining contract. I also supported the free speech rights of University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, who defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 21, 2023

University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis defended the murder of a conservative protester and said he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. Joseph’s University refused to renew a contract for a professor who actually prevailed in such a free speech fight. We discussed how St.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Nevertheless, in the past, I have defended extremist views on academic freedom grounds like those of University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, who rationalized the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. Loomis also writes for the site “Lawyers, Guns, and Money.”).

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