News Release
Court Rules VA Attorney General Must Turn Over Emails Related to “Law Enforcement for Rent” Scheme
A Circuit Court in Richmond, VA on Tuesday ordered the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Virginia to conduct a proper search for…
What's Up With That
What’s Richard Windsor Up To Now?
What’s Up With That cites Senior Fellow Chris Horner on CEI v. EPA – Complaint RE: Secret Accounts Jackson, while heading the EPA, was scrutinized…
The Daily Caller
Pelosi’s New Climate Bill Seeks to Make Paris Deal Legally Binding While China Takes a Pass
The Daily Caller cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on Nancy Oelosi’s new climate bill. If the California Democrat wants to legally force…
The Washington Times
D.C. Attorney General Seeks to Kickstart Exxon Climate-Fraud Probe
The Washington Times cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on on District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine and Exxonmobil. Chris Horner, senior fellow…
Washington Free Beacon
Virginia Legislature Thwarts Bloomberg’s Environmental Attorney Scheme
The Washington Free Beacon cites Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on the state attorney general climate scheme. The inner workings of Bloomberg’s multi-state…
Legal Newsline
Virginia Doesn’t Want One of Bloomberg’s Environmental Prosecutors Sent to its AG’s Office
Legal Newsline cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on the AG climate scheme: Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise…
The Washington Times
Motivated or Manipulated? Rise of Youth Climate Activism Fuels Alarm over Exploitation
The Washington Times cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on youth climate activism. Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow Christopher C. Horner, who obtained…
Blog
Virginia Legislature Restricts Privately-Funded State Legal Staff
As revealed in detail in “Law Enforcement for Rent: How Special Interests Fund Climate Policy through State Attorneys General,” former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg…
Fox Business
VIDEO: Christopher Horner Discusses the “Green New Deal” on Hannity
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Chris Horner joined Hannity to discuss the “Green New Deal” on Fox News.
The Daily Caller
Court Deals Virginia’s Anti-Exxon AG a Major Blow After Prolonged Legal Battle
The Daily Caller cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on the case, Chris Horner and CEI v. Mark Herring: A Virginia court ruled Monday…
News Release
Richmond Court Sides with CEI on VA Attorney General’s Improper Motion to Dismiss Freedom of Information Lawsuit
On Monday, the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond ruled in favor of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) after a hearing in Chris Horner…
The Washington Free Beacon
Bloomberg-funded Law School Coordinating PR with ‘Progressive’ AG Offices
The Washington Free Beacon cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on Law Enforcement for Rent: The SEEIC’s methods generated some controversy after the Competitive…
The Epoch Times
DC Think Tank Sues for Records on Bloomberg-Linked Climate Change Campaign
The Epoch Times cited CEI and Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on the suing of D.C. and the D.C. Attorney General’s Office for failing to produce…
The Wall Street Journal
The Senate Cedes Its Authority on Climate
Washington’s environmental establishment determined that no future agreement would be acknowledged as a treaty.
Daily Caller
Former Clinton Operative Will Lobby for Dc Scooters
The Daily Caller cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on his book, “The Liberal War on Transparency.” While…
News Release
CEI Sues the District of Columbia for Failing to Produce Records Under Freedom of Information Act
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued the District of Columbia (DC) and the DC Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in DC Superior Court…
Daily Caller
Energy Department Hit with FOIA Lawsuit Over Green Tax Credit Lobbying Campaign
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Christopher C. Horner on CEI’s suing of the Department of Energy. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed the…
News Release
CEI Sues U.S. Department of Energy for Failing to Comply with Freedom of Information Request
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for failing…
Watts Up With That?
Environmental Collusion
Wattsm Up With That? cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s Law Enforcement for Rent report. Chris Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)…
Rapid City Journal
Theirs: State AGs Should Eschew Privately Funded Litigators
Rapid City Journal cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on privately funded Attorney Generals. With the courts and Trump Administration rolling back federal…
Inside Sources
Virginia AG Sued For Records About Bloomberg Funded Attorney Promoting Green Agenda
Inside Sources cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. Michael Bloomberg’s plan to use an environmental law…
LifeZette
Virginia Attorney General Faces Lawsuit For Hiring Privately Funded Environmental Activists
LifeZette cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (shown above right) was…
The Washington Times
Virginia AG Hit With Lawsuit For Efforts To Bring Aboard Bloomberg-Funded Climate Prosecutors
The Washington Times cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring was hit with…
The Daily Caller
Think Tank Sues Virginia For Docs Showing Extent Of Bloomberg’s Climate Crusade
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. A Washington, D.C.-based think tank filed a…
The American Spectator
Blaming An Evil Corporation For Conspiring With Mother Nature
The American Spectator cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s Law Enforcement for Rent report. George Soros-funded government attorney in Texas has been leading…
News Release
CEI Sues Virginia Attorney General Seeking Information on Privately-Funded Prosecutor
Virginia citizen Christopher Horner and the free-market public policy group Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring under Virginia’s Freedom of…
Reflector
Funding From Green Activists Raises Ethical Questions
Reflector cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on 2017 draft agreement between the Center and the New York AG. In August 2017 the…
Long Room
University Of California Sued Over Stonewalling Of ‘Climate Litigation’ Documents
Long Room cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner in relation to the California Board of Regents climate litigation suit. The University of California…
News Release
CEI Sues University of California for Information on UCLA Law School Involvement with Climate Litigation Industry
The free-market public policy group Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued the Board of Regents of the University of California under California’s Public Records Act…
The Wall Street Journal
State AGs for Rent
The Wall Street Journal cited the work of Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner.
Northern California Record
California, Other States Grapple Over Climate Change Litigation
Northern California Record cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on climate change litigation. Into this charged debate comes Chris Horner, a senior fellow…
Washington Examiner
The Russians Are Meddling In Our Politics – And Michael Bloomberg Is Helping Them
Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on environmental SAAG scheam. Then there is the work of Michael Bloomberg. Money from Bloomberg…
One News Now
Climate Change Activists Making Energy The New Tobacco?
One News Now cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on Attorney General lawsuit against Exxon. Chris Horner of the …
Daily Caller
Bloomberg-Funded Fellow Signed NY AG’s Climate Lawsuit Against Exxon
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s report by Christopher C. Horner, Law Enforcement for Rent. Matthew Eisenson, a special assistant in the New York…
Overlawyered
State AGs For Hire On Environmental Activism
Overlawyered cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Government for Rent” report. My new Cato post looks at a low-profile program in which a…
Cato Institute
Bloomberg/NYU Center Embeds Lawyers In AG Offices To Pursue Green Causes
Cato Institute cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. The spotlight on backstage doings at state AG offices arises…
The Daily Caller
Exclusive: Court Memos Shed Light On Michael Bloomberg’s Role In NYC’s Climate Crusade
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. “Are we sure it is correct to refer to him…
Investor's Business Daily
Billionaire Bloomberg’s Radical Green ‘Fellows’ Use States To Sue Corporations
Investor’s Business Daily cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement For Rent” report. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) first revealed this scheme…
Real Clear Investigations
How Bloomberg Embeds Green Warriors in Blue-State Governments
Real Clear Investigations cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. Although many government agencies have employees funded by outside…
Legal News Line
Report Details How Bloomberg, NYU Influence Environmental Policy At State Level
Legal News Line cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. A recent Competitive Enterprise Institute report says special interests, like…
Inside Sources
Pay To Pay Or Pay To Sue: Liberal Donors Planting Environmentalist Attorneys In State AG Offices
Inside Sources cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law-Enforcement for Rent” report. “It represents private interests commandeering the state’s police powers to…
Conservative Tribune
As Bloomberg Eyes 2020 Run, Report Names Him Kingpin In National AG Scandal
Conservative Tribune cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. Citing “an analysis by the office of…
The Washington Free Beacon
Oregon Legislature’s Counsel: Bloomberg-Funded Lawyer In DOJ Not Entirely Legal
The Washington Free Beacon cited Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement For Rent” report. A “special assistant attorney general” who has been…
Inside Sources
“Donor-Based Government”: Foreign Money Tied To Climate Lawsuits
Inside Sources cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. According to records obtained by the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Washington Examiner
Foreign Money Bankrolls Climate Change Lawsuits Against US Oil Companies
Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s study “Government for Rent.” Chris Horner, an attorney with the Competitive Enterprise Institute based in…
The Federalist
7 Attorney General Offices are Running Private Investigations for a Billionaire
This is the second scheme we have found of donors and elected officials using nonprofits as ‘cutouts’ to provide staff, consultant, PR and legal support…
The Patriot Post
The Stealth Agenda of Climate Cronyism
The Patriot Post cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Government for Rent” report. A paper written by Christopher C. Horner and published by…
Energy In Depth: Climate & Environment
Meet the Wealthy Green Foundation Behind Governor Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit
Energy In Depth: Climate & Environment cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Government for Rent”. A new report entitled, “Government for…
Washington Examiner
Green Activists Miss Key Point In Their Climate Change Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil
The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Government for Rent” report. Green activists who have been working with their allies…
Watts Up With That
Government for Rent – How Special Interests Finance Governors to Pursue Their Climate Policy Agenda
Watts Up With That? cited CEI Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent.” This paper is based on documents obtained by CEI and other…
The Federalist
7 Attorney General Offices Are Running Private Investigations For A Billionaire
The Federalist cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent.” Privately funded “special assistant attorneys general” (SAAGs) are presently working in…
Truthfeed
Bombshell Report: Obama Aides Have Formed ‘Shadow Cabinet’ to Thwart Trump
Truthfeed cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner’s report, “Government for Rent” In it’s “Government for Rent” report, the Competitive Enterprise Institute published dozens…
The Washington Times
Competitive Enterprise Institute: Activists working with officials to advance green agenda
The Washington Times cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent.” The picture that emerges is of state governments…
Forbes
Billionaire Mega-Donor Tom Steyer Picks Favorite AG Hopefuls; More Global Warming Cases Possible
Forbes cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent.” A recent report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
The Daily Signal
Government for Hire? Emails Show ‘Climate Industry’ Funds Jobs in Offices of Governors, Attorneys General
The Daily Signal cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on CEI’s latest report, “Government for Rent.”…
LifeZette
Privately Funded Government Jobs Advance Left’s Climate Agenda
LifeZette cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher Horner, “Government for Rent.” Christopher Horner, a CEI fellow who wrote a report released Tuesday,…
The Washington Examiner
Report: Obama Climate Change Aides in Shadow ‘Cabinet’ to Thwart Trump
The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent.” In it’s “Government for Rent”…
News Release
CEI Report Details Scheme Privately Funding Governors’ Offices to Push Partisan Climate Change Agenda
This week media, activists, major environmental donors, and government officials will descend on San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit hosted by California Gov.
Study
Government for Rent
This paper is based on documents obtained by CEI and other public policy groups over the course of more than a year, beginning in June 2017,…
Varney & Company
VIDEO: Christopher C. Horner Joins Varney & Company to Discuss “Law Enforcement for Rent”
Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner recently joined Varney & Company to discuss his latest report, “Law Enforcement for Rent,” detailing how activist donors are paying to…
The New York Post
Don’t Let Billionaires Set Priorities for Attorneys General
The New York Post cited Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s report, Law Enforcement for Rent. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Chris Horner this week…
The Washington Free Beacon
Report: Political Interests ‘Commandeered’ State AGs for Environmental Agenda
The Washington Free Beacon cited Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s study, Law Enforcement for Rent. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a self-described free-market think…
Citation
Bloomberg accused of hijacking justice system with donor-funded climate-change prosecutors
The Washington Times cited Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on his Law Enforcement for Rent: How Special Interests Fund Climate Policy through State Attorneys General…
Citation
REPORT: The ‘Billion-Dollar Per Year Climate Industry’ Is Trying To Weaponize State Attorneys General
The Daily Caller cited Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on his Law Enforcement for Rent: How Special Interests Fund Climate Policy through State Attorneys General…
Citation
New Report Exposes Global Warming ‘Law Enforcement for Rent’
Lifezette cited Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on his Law Enforcement for Rent: How Special Interests Fund Climate Policy through State Attorneys General…
News Release
CEI Report Details Campaign to Privately Fund State Attorney General Offices to Advance Climate Change Legal Positions
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today released a report, “Law Enforcement for Rent,” detailing how activist donors are paying to place prosecutors in state attorney…
Study
Law Enforcement for Rent
This paper is based on documents obtained over two and a half years from open records requests and, in some cases, subsequent litigation. Due to…
Blog
Looking Back on Trump’s Paris Decision: Why It Protected the Constitution and Rule of Law
This week marks the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the all-pain-no-gain Paris climate treaty. In response to…
News Release
CEI on Paris Climate Decision Anniversary: Trump Should Tell the Senate to Vote It Down
This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of President Trump withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate treaty. The Competitive Enterprise Institute strongly supported Trump’s…
The Daily Caller News Foundation
EPA Responded to The DCNF’s FOIA Request Two-And-A-Half Years Late
TheDCNF quoted Chris Horner on the difficulty which conservatives face when submitting FOIA requests to the EPA compared to environmentalists. The Environmental Protection…
The Washington Times
Democratic Governors Outsource Climate Campaigns To Activist Groups, Emails Reveal
The Washingotn Times quoted Chris Horner on the cache of emails obtained by the Competitive Enterprise Institute through use of open records requests which shows…
The Daily Caller
State Department Sued For Internal Records On The Paris Climate Accord
Washington Examiner
Competitive Enterprise Institute sues State Department for climate change communications of Obama officials
OneNewsNow
Manmade Pollutants Now Blamed for Global Cooling
OneNewsNow discusses a change in the rhetoric surrounding manmade pollutants with Chris Horner. The same “climate change” scientists and activists who have claimed for…
Blog
Questionable Climate Financing in Washington Gov. Inslee’s Office
Recent Wall Street Journal stories detail questionable dealings in Washington governor and climate activist Jay Inslee’s (D) office.
The Wall Street Journal
The Marrakesh Climate Express
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal covers investigative work done by CEI’s Chris Horner. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order in…
The Wall Street Journal
Climate of Unaccountability
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal covers investigative work done by CEI’s Chris Horner. With President Trump putting economic growth above climate alarums,…
The Daily Caller
EPA Responded to the DCNF’s FOIA Request Two-and-a-Half Years Late
The Daily Caller covers the EPA’s delayed responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent The Daily Caller…
The Daily Caller
EPA Progresses Through HUNDREDS Of FOIA Requests Left Unanswered Under Obama
CEI Senior Fellow Chris Horner cited in the Daily Caller’s piece on the EPA progressing through hundreds of FOIA request left unanswered under Obama.
The New American
State Dept. Sued for Secret Records on UN Paris Climate Accord
The New American covers CEI’s second FOIA lawsuit against the Department of State. On November 11, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed its second…
The Daily Caller
Docs Show Dems Are Outsourcing Paris Climate Campaign to Liberal Outlets
The Daily Caller discusses the use of activist groups by Democratic governors to push a climate change agenda with Chris Horner. The coalition of…
The Washington Times
Democratic Governors Outsource Climate Campaigns to Activist Groups, Emails Reveal
The Washington Times covers the use of activist groups by Democratic governors to push climate change agendas. It may look as if Democratic governors…
The Daily Caller
State Dept Is Withholding Paris Accord Documents, So a Think Tank Is Suing It
The Daily Caller covers CEI’s second FOIA lawsuit against the Department of State for withholding documents related to the Paris Climate Agreement. The libertarian…
The Washington Examiner
Competitive Enterprise Institute Re-ups Lawsuit Against State Department for Not Releasing Paris Climate Emails
The Washington Examiner covers CEI’s second lawsuit against the Department of State over a FOIA request for documents relating to the Paris Climate Agreement.
News Release
Competitive Enterprise Institute Sues State Department Again Over Paris Climate Agreement Records
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed its second lawsuit against the State Department to obtain illegally withheld documents related to the 2015 Paris climate…
OneNewsNow
How Could EPA Avoid ‘Sue and Settle’ Problem?
OneNewsNow discusses the EPA’s “sue and settle” directive with Chris Horner. Lawsuits involving environmental groups and the EPA may not be going away, even…
News Release
CEI Sues DOJ Over Former AG Lynch Alias Email Account Records
The Competitive Enterprise Institute today sued the Department of Justice for emails from former Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s alias email address that used the name…
The Daily Caller
State Department Sued for Internal Records on the Paris Climate Accord
The Daily Caller covers CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the State Department. A libertarian think tank filed suit against the State Department for records regarding…
The Washington Examiner
Competitive Enterprise Institute Sues State Department for Climate Change Communications of Obama Officials
The Washington Examiner discusses CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the State Department with Chris Horner. The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed suit Tuesday against…
News Release
CEI Sues State Department for Paris Climate Treaty Docs
CEI filed suit today against the State Department for records about outside influence in developing the controversial Paris climate treaty during the Obama administration. In…
The Daily Caller
Cities, Activists Are Turning to the Courts to Enforce Global Warming Policies
The Daily Caller discusses the trend of activists taking legal action to enforce global warming policies with Chris Horner. The U.N. issued a report…
The Daily Caller
EPA Chief Who Used An Alias To Avoid Scrutiny Complains Trump Admin Isn’t Transparent
The Daily Caller discusses former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson’s private email account with Chris Horner. EPA Chief Scott Pruitt is a threat to…
World Net Daily
Trump’s Inner Circle ‘Fighting’ to Keep Paris Climate Deal
World Net Daily discusses the future of the Paris Climate Accord with Chris Horner. Key White House officials are denying any change in President…
USA Today
Don’t Hype Draft Climate Studies
Another week of the Trump presidency, another bout of fevered reporting on claims promoted by the career (and holdover) federal employee “resistance.” But particularly when…
Blog
Loretta Lynch Fake Email Account Demonstrates Pattern of Evasion
“Richard Windsor,” the first Obama administration false-identity email account discovered (by CEI), was apparently not an aberration but a way of life for Obama officials.
The Washington Times
Obama’s Paris Climate Scheme Revelation
The New York Times on Aug. 24, 2014, broke a major news story: “Obama pushing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty.” It’s a clumsy headline…
The Hill
United States Going It Alone on Climate Change: What It Means
The Hill discusses President Trump’s trip to the G-20 summit in terms of energy policy with Chris Horner. President Trump’s decision not to…
News Release
CEI Continues to Support President Trump’s Paris Climate Accord Decision
The Washington Times
Signaling Political Virtue via the Paris Accord
The latest in political virtue signaling is the “We Are Still In” movement, a self-described group of “mayors, governors, college and university leaders, businesses, and…
The Daily Caller
Energy Week Is About America’s Energy Future
The Trump Administration has proclaimed this week as “Energy Week” – a time to focus on pro-energy initiatives that can actually boost our economy, promote…
