by Brandi Buchman Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) – Fearing that the State Department helped organize climate-change activists before President Barack Obama left office, a coal-funded think tank has brought a federal complaint to access the agency’s emails. The group behind Monday’s lawsuit is called the Energy and Environment Legal Institute. Read more.
by Hannah Hess E&E News Reporter A conservative free market group sued the State Department yesterday for records related to possible involvement by environmental advocacy groups in the department's efforts to collaborate with China on climate during the Obama administration. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller A government watchdog is suing the Department of State for records it believes point to collusion between Obama administration officials, environmentalists and the Chinese to keep the “climate gravy train chugging” after the administration ended. The Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) sued the Trump administration Monday for ignoring a Freedom of [...]
by John Siciliano Washington Examiner The Trump administration is being sued for records that conservative groups believe will reveal attempts by green activists and China to thwart actions by the new administration to exit from last year's Paris climate change deal. Two conservative free-market groups, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute and Free Market Environmental [...]
For Immediate Release: February 27, 2017 Contact: David Sanders [email protected] 202-810-2001 E&E Legal Again Forced to Sue State Department for Public Records Department fails to even acknowledge Request for specific correspondence with and about key green lobbyist who boasted of recruitment by China to organize Post-Obama Climate Agenda Washington, DC – Today the Energy & [...]
by Ethan Barton Washington Examiner A nonprofit government watchdog is suing the Department of State seeking to force the agency to disclose email and text message records of its communications with environmental activist groups like the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and World Wildlife Fund. The suit follows two Freedom of Information Act requests [...]
by Jean Chemnick E&E reporter A conservative group is suing the State Department under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for records related to possible involvement by environmental advocacy groups in the department's preparations for this year's high-stakes round of U.N. climate negotiations. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed suit in U.S. District Court for the [...]
For Immediate Release: March 31, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 202-758-8301 E&E Legal Files Suit to Compel U.S. State Department to Produce Documents Related to its Involvement with Green Activists, Certain Records Concerning "Climate Change" and the Paris, "Kyoto II" Meetings Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed a lawsuit to compel the U.S. [...]
