Five Senate Republicans have sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch demanding that efforts to criminalize climate change skepticism cease. Sixteen Democratic attorneys general across the country have signed on to prosecute fossil fuel companies that they charge knew about the effects of climate change but hid their findings from the public. Washington Times: The letter cited several causes of concern: In March, Ms. Lynch testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI was looking into information regarding climate change dissent and “whether or not it meets the criteria for what we could take action on.” Last year, a coalition of environmentalists and lawmakers asked the Justice Department to launch a racketeering investigation into ExxonMobil over the company’s statements and research on climate change. In March, 17 attorneys general — 16 Democrats and an independent — announced that they would...(Read Full Post)