Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has selected three private law firms that specialize in activist litigation to sue oil and gas companies for allegedly contributing to climate change.

The Department of Attorney General selected the outside legal teams to serve as special assistant attorneys general to sue the fossil fuel industry on behalf of the State of Michigan, Nessel’s Press Secretary Danny Wimmer told Michigan Capitol Confidential in an email. ...

A memo last week from the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability said Sher Edling is trying to “cripple” the fossil fuel industry through more than 20 lawsuits.