Christopher C. Horner serves as a Senior Fellow at CEI. As an attorney in Washington, DC Horner has represented CEI as well as scientists and Members of the U.S. House and Senate on matters of environmental policy in the federal courts including the Supreme Court. He has written on numerous topics in publications ranging from law reviews to legal and industrial trade journals to print and online opinion pages, and is the author of two best-selling books: Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud and Deception to Keep You Misinformed (Regnery, 2008) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism (Regnery, 2007), which spent half of 2007 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Horner has testified before the United States Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works, and works on a legal and policy level with numerous think tanks and policy organizations throughout the world. He has given numerous addresses to audiences in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels, and before policymakers in European capitals including London, Rome, Prague, Copenhagen, Madrid and Warsaw, on topics ranging from rail deregulation and unfunded pension liability to all manner of energy and environment issues. Horner serves on the international law practice group’s executive committee for an internationally respected assembly of lawyers, and has provided counsel and work product on other matters including intellectual property, WTO proceedings and treaty law and policy.
Greenpeace has repeatedly targeted Mr. Horner, by stealing his garbage on a weekly basis, issuing press releases announcing with whom he dines and including him in various other hysterical publications including most recently "A Field Guide to Climate Criminals" distributed at the UN climate meeting in Montreal in December 2005.
Mr. Horner has provided legal, policy and political commentary several hundred times each on both television and radio, in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia, including scores of visits each on the Fox News Channel, Court TV, MSNBC with repeat visits on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, BBC, CNN, CNN International, ITN, CBC, Bloomberg and Reuters Television. Mr. Horner has also been a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has guest hosted television commentary programs and makes weekly appearances on and regularly guest hosts nationally and regionally syndicated radio shows in America.
He has been a frequent contributor in the Washington Times, National Review Online and TechCentralStation.com opinion pages, is a guest columnist for United Press International and OpinionEditorials.com, and has regularly contributed to the Brussels legislative news magazine EU Reporter . Horner also regularly writes for Energy Tribune and Spain's Actualidad Economica.
He received his Juris Doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis where he received the Judge Samuel Breckenridge Award for Advocacy.
recent op-eds & articles
Wall Street Extorts Kyoto Protocol: Lehman, Enron and other Cap-and-Trade Coincidences
By Christopher C. Horner, November 13, 2008
No right to impose carbon tariffs
By Christopher C. Horner, April 16, 2008
Cirque de Solar Power: New York Conference Puts Lie to 'Consensus'
By Christopher C. Horner, March 4, 2008
Kyoto-Style Bill Rushing Quietly Through Senate
By Christopher C. Horner, October 29, 2007
Law of the Sea Meets 'Legacy Time'
By Christopher C. Horner, October 22, 2007
recent studies
An Assessment of Kyoto and Emerging Issues for the 12th Conference of the Parties
By Christopher C. Horner, November 12, 2006
An Assessment of Montreal COP/MOP 1
By Christopher C. Horner, January 29, 2006
Updated: The Perils Of "Soft" And Unratified Treaty Commitments
By Christopher C. Horner, December 1, 2003
Modern Developments In The Treaty Process
By Christopher C. Horner, August 1, 2002
news release
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming
By Christopher C. Horner, February 12, 2007
recent citations
Christopher C. Horner on The Energy Independence and Security Act,
breitbart.com, Dec. 16, 2008
Christopher C. Horner on Review of Red Hot Lies
Spiked Online, Dec. 5, 2008
Christopher C. Horner on Growing cool to climate fight
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/warming-global-gases-2246276-three-kyoto, Dec. 4, 2008
Christopher C. Horner on The Waxman Wane
Inverstor's Business Daily, Nov. 21, 2008
Christopher C. Horner on Spiked review of Red Hot Lies
Spiked Online, Nov. 21, 2008
