Climategate, Human Achievement Hour and the Citizens United Verdict
Peabody Energy is arguing that Climategate revelations undermine the IPCC’s evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change.
Activists prepare to observe Earth Hour 2010 on March 27th.
The Huffington Post publishes a poll “proving” that most Americans oppose the Supreme Court’s recent Citizens United decision.
1. ENVIRONMENT
Peabody Energy is arguing that Climategate revelations undermine the IPCC’s evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on Peabody’s argument.
“Peabody Energy’s 240-page petition for reconsideration assesses these lines of evidence in light of new information not in EPA’s possession when it published the endangerment finding. Much of this new information is contained in the thousands of emails and other files that produced the Climategate scandal. The files and emails provide an insider’s look at the professional (or unprofessional) behavior of leading climate scientists at the UK’s Climate Research Unit and their colleagues in the United States.”
2. TECHNOLOGY
Activists prepare to observe Earth Hour 2010 on March 27th.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Policy Analyst Michelle Minton on Human Achievement Hour.
“Last year the Competitive Enterprise Institute cheekily declared that anyone not sitting in the dark, naked in the woods was by default celebrating Human Achievement Hour–a holiday we created to highlight the innovations and discoveries made by human beings that improve the quality of our everyday lives and highlight the necessity of free thought. These include anything from using electricity to wearing clothing.”
3. LEGAL
The Huffington Post publishes a poll “proving” that most Americans oppose the Supreme Court’s recent Citizens United decision.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Attorney Hans Bader on why corporations should have free speech rights.
“Do corporations have free speech rights? I explained why I think they should have free speech rights in this letter in the New York Times. Many civil liberties guarantees, like free speech, have long applied to corporations in the U.S. and Europe, as I noted earlier at the Examiner.”