Charity Clark
Role at the time: Vermont attorney general
Condemned
Statement summary
Clark said the government should help build energy infrastructure rather than pay companies to abandon it. Her office said the Bluepoint and Invenergy payments lacked qualifying litigation.
“It is plainly unlawful to use federal funds to pressure companies into foregoing critical renewable energy projects”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Clark's announcement of offshore-wind litigationClark's attributed statement
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Why we used this label
She rejects the buyouts and their claimed funding authority.