Paris Climate Treaty

14 11, 2017

Press Release: New Lawsuit Against State Department to Force Disclosure of Effort to Evade Senate Role in Paris Treaty

2017-11-14T11:00:54-05:00November 14th, 2017|2015 Paris Talks, Coalitions, Conflict of Interest, Paris Climate Treaty, Press Releases, State|

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI ) filed suit against the United States Department of State, keying off of a damning email obtained previously by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), to force this agency that is still stonewalling about the Paris climate treaty to release documents about how the Obama [...]

6 11, 2017

Press Release: As COP-23 Kicks Off, E&E Legal Releases Energy Poverty Video Calling on Pres. Trump to Withstand Pressures to Impose Devastating Paris Climate Treaty

2017-11-06T13:14:53-05:00November 6th, 2017|2015 Paris Talks, Energy Poverty, Paris Climate Treaty, Press Releases, Richardson, Video|

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) released a video calling on Pres. Trump to withstand pressures by global elites to impose the devastating "climate" policies, and reverse his pledge to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty, as the world's global elites kick off the United Nation's Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany.  The video elaborates [...]

30 09, 2017

Richardson: The Paris Climate Treaty Is Awful for the U.S. and We’re Still Not Out

2017-10-03T09:09:59-04:00September 30th, 2017|Conflict of Interest, International, Media Coverage, Paris Climate Treaty, Richardson|

by E&E Legal President Craig Richardson As Appearing in MRC's NewsBuster On September 16, social media lit up with a Wall Street Journal breaking news report that the Trump Administration is seeking ways to stay in the Paris Climate Treaty. After working with dozens of other free market, pro-liberty groups for six months encouraging the [...]

26 09, 2017

E&E Legal Letters XVI: Paris Treaty Withdrawal Spawns ‘Climate Resistance’ Movement

2017-09-26T09:26:02-04:00September 26th, 2017|"Climate Change", E&E Legal Letters, Horner, Mandelbaum, Paris Climate Treaty, We're Still In|

by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Fellow and Chaim Mandelbaum, General Counsel In June of 2017 President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the so-called ‘Paris Climate Agreement’. Paris was illegitimately entered by President Obama given it is, by its own terms, custom and practice, a treaty for United States purposes. This [...]

21 09, 2017

Press Release: E&E Legal Releases Energy Poverty Video to Encourage President Trump to Remain Firm on U.S. Commitment to Withdraw from Paris Treaty

2017-09-21T11:52:11-04:00September 21st, 2017|2015 Paris Talks, Energy Poverty, Paris Climate Treaty, Press Releases, Richardson, Video|

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) released an updated version of its Energy Poverty video, elaborating on the terrible human cost of "climate" policies (with no actual projected impact on climate), noting political and legal developments since President Trump's dramatic announcement on June 1, 2017, that the United States would withdraw from the [...]

25 07, 2017

Horner: Obama’s Paris climate scheme revelation. Emails show ‘disturbing contempt’ for the Senate’s treaty role

2017-07-26T10:38:54-04:00July 25th, 2017|2015 Paris Talks, Conflict of Interest, Horner, Media Coverage, Paris Climate Treaty|

by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As Appearing in the Washington Times The New York Times on Aug. 24, 2014, broke a major news story: “Obama pushing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty.” It’s a clumsy headline — no one dared claim the Kyoto Protocol was anything other than a treaty requiring Senate ratification, [...]

20 07, 2017

Horner Briefs House of Lords on President Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty

2017-09-06T14:40:51-04:00July 20th, 2017|"Climate Change", 2015 Paris Talks, Horner, Paris Climate Treaty|

London, England -- On July 10, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow Chris Horner gave a talk in the UK House of Lords, hosted by Lord Lawson of Blaby and Dr. Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Attended by several members of the House and other interested parties, Horner's talk and the discussion afterward centered [...]

4 07, 2017

Horner: Signaling political virtue via the Paris accord

2017-07-05T16:50:26-04:00July 4th, 2017|2015 Paris Talks, Conflict of Interest, Horner, Media Coverage, Paris Climate Treaty|

by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As Appearing in the Washington Times The latest in political virtue signaling is the “We Are Still In” movement, a self-described group of “mayors, governors, college and university leaders, businesses, and investors” who claim they plan to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement independently of United States [...]

22 06, 2017

E&E Legal Letters Issue XV: Spring 2017

2017-06-22T11:42:00-04:00June 22nd, 2017|E&E Legal Letters, Grimes, Hardin, Horner, Milloy, Paris Climate Treaty, Richardson|

Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XV Spring 2017. Click headlines for the full article. Nixing the Paris climate pact by Chris Horner, Senior Legal Fellow, as appearing in the Washington Times Recent media reports suggest a conflict within the Trump White House over whether to keep the president’s campaign [...]

21 06, 2017

Daily Caller: Legal Group Says Elements Inside State Dept Hiding Shady Information About Paris Deal

2017-06-22T12:50:08-04:00June 21st, 2017|2015 Paris Talks, Hardin, Horner, Media Coverage, Paris Climate Treaty, State, Suits|

by Chris White The Daily Caller A conservative legal group said Wednesday that elements within the Trump administration are hiding evidence showing government officials coordinated with outside lobbying groups while negotiating aspects of the Paris agreement on climate change. Attorneys for the Department of State filed court documents Monday in response to an E&E Legal’s open records [...]

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