Washington State

2 03, 2015

Grimes: ‘Lefty Billionaire’ Tom Steyer Manipulates Climate Change Policy and Governors

2016-12-11T17:07:41-05:00March 2nd, 2015|Conflict of Interest, Green Groups, Grimes, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency, War on Coal, Washington State|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in The Flash Point Report This is Part ll of Brown Administration Tied To Scandal That Took Down Oregon Governor. Recent revelations resulted in the Feb. 13, 2015 resignation of Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber over collusion between the California and Washington State governors’ offices, [...]

25 02, 2015

Grimes: Jerry Brown’s Green Jobs Scheme Killing CA’s Middle Class

2016-12-11T17:07:42-05:00February 25th, 2015|Conflict of Interest, Green Groups, Grimes, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency, Washington State|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in The Flash Point Report Recent revelations resulted in the resignation of Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber over collusion between his office, California and Washington State governors’ offices, and environmental groups to force climate coordination and collaboration across the U.S. Emails from 2013 and 2014 [...]

24 02, 2015

Grimes: Brown Administration Tied To Scandal That Took Down Oregon Governor

2016-12-11T17:07:42-05:00February 24th, 2015|Green Groups, Grimes, Horner, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency, Washington State|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in The Flash Point Report Corruption and scandal resulting in the recent resignation of Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, appears to be just the tip of a very big iceberg. The ho-hum media coverage of the story made it sound like just another unscrupulous governor [...]

23 02, 2015

ClimateWire: West Coast pact on climate action pulled into former Ore. governor’s scandal

2015-02-23T10:33:32-05:00February 23rd, 2015|Green Groups, Horner, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency, Washington State|

by Anne C. Mulkern E&E News Reporter A pact formed by West Coast leaders to team up on climate action has been caught up in the tempest that forced the resignation of Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D). Kitzhaber and California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark [...]

20 02, 2015

NewsBuster: Networks Silent About ‘Green’ Nature of Kitzhaber Corruption Scandal

2016-12-11T17:07:42-05:00February 20th, 2015|Green Groups, Horner, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency, Washington State|

by Julie A. Seymour MRC NewsBuster It’s the job of a reporter to answer all the basic questions in a news story. Telling the who, what, when, where, why is foundational. Yet, the broadcast network news media omitted key details from reports on the ethics scandal that led to Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber’s resignation. ABC, [...]

18 02, 2015

Media Advisory: FOIA Attorney Horner Re: E-Mails Linked to Kitzhaber Scandal

2015-08-27T09:29:19-04:00February 18th, 2015|Green Groups, Horner, Press Releases, Scandal, Transparency, Washington State|

For Immediate Release: February 18, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 202-758-8301 - MEDIA ADVISORY- Transparency Attorney Chris Horner, Whose Request into the Washington State Governor's Office Uncovered E-mails Linked to Kitzhaber-Green Group Scandal, Available to Discuss His Findings What: Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) Senior Legal Fellow and well-known FOIA attorney, Chris Horner, [...]

17 02, 2015

Horner: Peeking behind the ‘green’ curtain: Uncovering the Kitzhaber connections

2015-02-18T14:24:21-05:00February 17th, 2015|Green Groups, Horner, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency, Washington State|

By Chris Horner Senior Legal Fellow, Energy & Environment Legal Institute As Appearing in the Washington Times This week Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, leaves office, having resigned under the cloud of a cronyism and corruption scandal. A U.S. attorney has subpoenaed “records that are a catalog of Kitzhaber’s climate and economy-related initiatives,” centering [...]

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