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'The claim that ELI has taken the same approach in China and the U.S. is even harder to credit. In the U.S., ELI advances legal theories aimed at punishing domestic energy production through private lawsuits. In China, however, ELI hasn’t been training litigators and judges to pursue comparable strategies against the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. 'According to the State Armor report, ELI has adhered to internal guidelines that prohibit it from actively engaging in private litigation in China. Rather than feed Chinese jurists bench books written by the climate plaintiffs’ bar [as it has in America], the group has run programs on using regulatory frameworks to address emissions. 'The State Armor report says the Hewlett Foundation has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the Climate Judiciary Project. It says Hewlett has also funded Energy Foundation China, a Communist Party-supervised nonprofit ... 'The report says the Switzerland-based Oak Foundation gave ELI $650,000 for its judicial education project while directing at least $37 million to a variety of China-based initiatives, including millions to climate-related projects. Hewlett bankrolled ELI’s 2018 workshops at Tianjin University, which was later placed on the ... “Entity List” ... 'The real question is whether the U.S. will let its energy policy be rewritten through state court rulings that align with a geopolitical rival’s interests'. Reminded of how the CND movement wailed about NATO nukes but was rather silent on Soviet ones. (If I recall, CND was a Soviet front.) https://archive.md/fesQu