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一波被忽视的“左翼”诉讼浪潮可能给美国人带来意想不到的代价Wave of overlooked 'left-wing' lawsuits could come with an unexpected price tag for Americans

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福克斯新闻数字网独家:据该媒体最新获得的一份报告,如果针对石油和天然气公司的“反能源”气候诉讼胜诉,美国家庭平均每年可能要多支付1,465美元的能源费用。

FIRST ON FOX: American households could end up paying $1,465 more per year on average in energy costs if "anti-energy" climate lawsuits against oil and gas companies are successful, according to a new report first obtained by Fox News Digital.

传统基金会首席经济学家E·J·安东尼警告,如果极左翼“得逞”,美国人将“付出多得多的代价”。他与“未来动力”组织创始人丹尼尔·特纳共同撰写了这份报告。

Americans will "pay a lot more" if the far-left "get their way," warned Heritage Foundation chief economist E.J Antoni, who co-authored the report with Power The Future founder Daniel Turner.

报告估计,数百起诉讼以及州一级的其他“气候超级基金”法规,可能推高汽油、电力以及美国人日常生活所必需的其他用品的成本。

Hundreds of lawsuits and other state-level "climate superfund" laws could increase the cost of gasoline, electricity and other everyday necessities Americans rely on, the report estimates.

最高法院可让局势恢复理性,阻止左翼的激进气候议程 福克斯新闻数字网获得的这份最新分析恰逢最高法院准备于下个月审理一起来自科罗拉多州博尔德、备受关注的诉讼,该案可能彻底改变气候诉讼的未来。

SUPREME COURT CAN RESTORE SANITY AND STOP THE LEFT’S RADICAL CLIMATE AGENDA The new analysis, obtained by Fox News Digital, comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a closely-watched lawsuit next month out of Boulder, Colorado, which could drastically shape the future of climate litigation.

“如果那些反能源的极左翼人士得逞你们的成本就会上升,”安东尼告诉福克斯新闻数字网,“你们的家庭将付出多得多的代价。能源价格会大幅上涨。”“你们可能以为现在已经够糟了,但情况会显著恶化。”他补充道。

"If those folks on the radical left wing who are anti-energy, if they get their way, your costs are going to go up," Antoni told Fox News Digital. "Your household is going to pay a lot more. The energy is going to get much more expensive." "You may think it's bad now, but it will get significantly worse," he added.

报告估计,能源企业每年可能额外承担1,940亿美元的成本。报告作者认为,这些成本最终会通过涨价转嫁给消费者,而不是由企业或其股东全部消化。

The report estimates energy companies could face an additional $194 billion in annual costs, which the authors argue would ultimately be passed on to consumers through higher prices rather than absorbed entirely by companies or their shareholders.

据这项分析,这些成本可能使每加仑汽油价格上涨约41美分,并使居民用电价格上涨约8.6%。

Those costs could add roughly 41 cents to a gallon of gasoline and increase residential electricity rates by about 8.6%, according to the analysis.

“每家企业被起诉时,确实都要支付一部分损害赔偿,但最终它们只会提高产品价格,把这些损失弥补回来,”特纳告诉福克斯新闻数字网。

"Every single time a company is sued, yes, they pay some damages, but ultimately they will just charge people more for their product to recoup those losses," Turner told Fox News Digital.

诉讼让每个美国家庭付出数千美元,最高法院可以发挥作用。报告审查了300多起待决诉讼、3项州级“气候超级基金”法律、12项州议会提案和1项联邦法案。其估算基于一种“全面成功情景”,即所有这些措施都能胜诉或获得支持;这并不意味着报告预测它们最终都会如此。

LAWSUITS COST EVERY AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SUPREME COURT CAN HELP The report examined more than 300 pending lawsuits, three state "climate superfund" laws, 12 state legislative proposals and one federal bill. Its estimate reflects a "full-success scenario" in which all of those measures prevail; it does not predict that they will.

分析只将每起诉讼计算一次,并排除了重复立案。事实上,安东尼表示,这一估算可能偏保守,因为有些诉讼并未注明所寻求的赔偿金额,使得法院可能判给的赔偿没有明确上限。

The analysis counted each lawsuit only once and excluded duplicate filings. In fact, Antoni said the estimate may be conservative because some lawsuits do not specify the damages they are seeking, leaving potential court awards open-ended.

这些法律行动包括纽约州的《气候变化超级基金法》,该法于8月被一名联邦法官阻止,以及最高法院尚未裁决的森科能源公司诉博尔德县委员会案。

The legal efforts include New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, which was blocked by a federal judge in August, and the Supreme Court’s pending Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County case.

该案可能决定州和地方政府能否在州法院中对化石燃料公司提起气候诉讼。

That case could determine whether state and local governments can pursue climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies in state court.

加文·纽森隐藏的“气候税”正冲击全美,议员发出警告。特纳认为,这些诉讼还可能使责任从州和地方领导人身上转移开来。

GAVIN NEWSOM'S 'HIDDEN CLIMATE TAX' HITTING AMERICANS NATIONWIDE, LAWMAKER WARNS Turner argued the lawsuits could also shift responsibility away from state and local leaders.

“人们对这些超级基金诉讼的担忧在于,它们让民选领导人无需承担治理中棘手而枯燥的工作,例如基础设施建设和减缓策略,”他说。

"The concern about these superfund lawsuits is that they absolve elected leaders from doing the bad, boring part of governing, which is infrastructure and mitigation strategies," he said.

尽管气候诉讼和州级“超级基金”法律不断增多,安东尼表示,这一问题在很大程度上仍未受到关注。

Despite the rise in climate lawsuits and state "superfund" laws, Antoni said the issue has largely flown under the radar.

“我们现在确实有必要敲响警钟,以免这些事情最终成为现实,让美国家庭为其买单,”他说。

"It really is important that we start ringing the alarm bells now before these things actually come to pass and American families have to foot the bill for it," he said.