Several California communities have recently brought suits
as part of a larger political campaign to attack the
oil and gas industry, but a profile of one of the lawyers leading the cases published by VICE this morning leaves no question about the
motive of these cases.
They exploit the Canadian sector's ineptness at telling its story,
as well
as Canadians» ignorance, to push their competing anti-
oil, pro-green energy industry agenda, stretching facts and magnifying risks... Unlike Big
Oil, they are not transparent about their
motives.»