by Valerie Richardson Washington Times Democratic attorneys general mounted a dogged defense Tuesday of their effort to prosecute climate skeptics amid signs that the 4-month-old campaign is deteriorating into a legal and public relations flop. With a newly released poll showing an overwhelming majority of voters — including Democrats — oppose the investigation, the coalition [...]
Chris Woodward OneNewsNow.com A secret agreement between attorneys general regarding "climate change" failed to stay under wraps. Earlier this year, more than a dozen state and territorial attorneys general announced an investigation of ExxonMobil and organizations to see if they're misleading the public about climate change. At that time, attorney Chris Horner with the Energy [...]
Chris Woodward OneNewsNow.com A secret agreement between attorneys general regarding "climate change" failed to stay under wraps. Earlier this year, more than a dozen state and territorial attorneys general announced an investigation of ExxonMobil and organizations to see if they're misleading the public about climate change. At that time, attorney Chris Horner with the Energy [...]
by Kevin Mooney The Daily Signal By signing a “secrecy pact” with fellow Democrat attorneys general to prosecute climate change skeptics, Rhode Island’s top law enforcement officer jeopardized free speech rights and government transparency laws, according to nonprofit organizations that have taken him to court. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s tactics in supporting President [...]
On August 4, Senior Legal Fellow Chris Horner appeared on the Vicki McKenna talk radio show on WIBA. Chris discussed the "common interest agreement," a secrecy pact, that was signed by numerous attorneys general to hide from public records requests as they sought to silence climate change dissenters. Click below to hear the interview. [podcast [...]
For Immediate Release: August 4, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 State AG ‘Secrecy Pact’ Aimed at Thwarting Transparency Laws Released; E&E Legal Obtains Document From DC Following Litigation Washington D.C. -The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has obtained a copy of the purported “Common Interest Agreement” led by New York’s Attorney General [...]
by Valerie Richardson Washington Times A Democrat-led coalition of attorneys general has entered into a confidentiality agreement to avoid disclosing public records related to their investigation into climate dissent, according to a document released Wednesday. The letter from an assistant for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she cannot comply with an open-records request on [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller New documents unearthed by a free market legal institute suggest a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general are using a “common interest agreement” to keep documents about their investigations into global warming skeptics from going public. “We have confirmed that the Democratic AGs are citing a Common Interest Agreement to [...]
by Lachlan Markay Washington Beacon A conservative legal group is accusing state Democratic officials of conspiring to flout public records laws in order to keep secret details of a campaign to bring racketeering charges against climate policy dissenters. Democratic attorneys general led by New York’s Eric Schneiderman are seeking to block efforts to obtain documents [...]
For Immediate Release: July 6, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 New Documents Confirm: “Climate RICO” AGs Attempting to Write Themselves Out of Transparency Laws to Hide Abusive Campaign Washington, DC – New responses from state Attorneys General offices (OAGs) obtained by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) and the Free Market Environmental [...]
