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News Release

Court Rules VA Attorney General Must Turn Over Emails Related to “Law Enforcement for Rent” Scheme

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 04/20/2022

A Circuit Court in Richmond, VA on Tuesday ordered the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Virginia to conduct a proper search for…

Legal Studies

What's Up With That

What’s Richard Windsor Up To Now?

  • 06/15/2020

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…

Energy and Environment

The Daily Caller

Pelosi’s New Climate Bill Seeks to Make Paris Deal Legally Binding While China Takes a Pass

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 04/16/2019

The Daily Caller cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on Nancy Oelosi’s new climate bill. If the California Democrat wants to legally force…

Energy and Environment

The Washington Times

D.C. Attorney General Seeks to Kickstart Exxon Climate-Fraud Probe

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 04/16/2019

The Washington Times cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on on District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine and Exxonmobil.  Chris Horner, senior fellow…

CEI Litigation

Washington Free Beacon

Virginia Legislature Thwarts Bloomberg’s Environmental Attorney Scheme

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 03/15/2019

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…

Energy and Environment

Legal Newsline

Virginia Doesn’t Want One of Bloomberg’s Environmental Prosecutors Sent to its AG’s Office

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 03/15/2019

Legal Newsline cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on the AG climate scheme: Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise…

Climate

The Washington Times

Motivated or Manipulated? Rise of Youth Climate Activism Fuels Alarm over Exploitation

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 03/14/2019

The Washington Times cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on youth climate activism. Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow Christopher C. Horner, who obtained…

Climate

Blog

Virginia Legislature Restricts Privately-Funded State Legal Staff

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 02/27/2019

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…

Climate

Fox Business

VIDEO: Christopher Horner Discusses the “Green New Deal” on Hannity

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 02/13/2019

Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Chris Horner joined Hannity to discuss the “Green New Deal” on Fox News.

Energy and Environment

The Daily Caller

Court Deals Virginia’s Anti-Exxon AG a Major Blow After Prolonged Legal Battle

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/30/2019

The Daily Caller cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on the case, Chris Horner and CEI v. Mark Herring: A Virginia court ruled Monday…

CEI Litigation

News Release

Richmond Court Sides with CEI on VA Attorney General’s Improper Motion to Dismiss Freedom of Information Lawsuit

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/29/2019

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…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Free Beacon

Bloomberg-funded Law School Coordinating PR with ‘Progressive’ AG Offices

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/23/2019

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…

Energy and Environment

The Epoch Times

DC Think Tank Sues for Records on Bloomberg-Linked Climate Change Campaign

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 12/28/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

The Wall Street Journal

The Senate Cedes Its Authority on Climate

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 12/27/2018

Washington’s environmental establishment determined that no future agreement would be acknowledged as a treaty.

Climate

Daily Caller

Former Clinton Operative Will Lobby for Dc Scooters

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 12/19/2018

The Daily Caller cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on his book, “The Liberal War on Transparency.” While…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Sues the District of Columbia for Failing to Produce Records Under Freedom of Information Act

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 12/19/2018

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…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Energy Department Hit with FOIA Lawsuit Over Green Tax Credit Lobbying Campaign

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 12/11/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

News Release

CEI Sues U.S. Department of Energy for Failing to Comply with Freedom of Information Request

  • Christopher C. Horner, Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 12/11/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

Watts Up With That?

Environmental Collusion

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/26/2018

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)…

Climate

Rapid City Journal

Theirs: State AGs Should Eschew Privately Funded Litigators

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/26/2018

Rapid City Journal cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on privately funded Attorney Generals. With the courts and Trump Administration rolling back federal…

Climate

Inside Sources

Virginia AG Sued For Records About Bloomberg Funded Attorney Promoting Green Agenda

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/16/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

LifeZette

Virginia Attorney General Faces Lawsuit For Hiring Privately Funded Environmental Activists

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/15/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Times

Virginia AG Hit With Lawsuit For Efforts To Bring Aboard Bloomberg-Funded Climate Prosecutors

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/15/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

The Daily Caller

Think Tank Sues Virginia For Docs Showing Extent Of Bloomberg’s Climate Crusade

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/15/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

The American Spectator

Blaming An Evil Corporation For Conspiring With Mother Nature

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/15/2018

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…

Climate

News Release

CEI Sues Virginia Attorney General Seeking Information on Privately-Funded Prosecutor

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/14/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

Reflector

Funding From Green Activists Raises Ethical Questions

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/14/2018

Reflector cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on 2017 draft agreement between the Center and the New York AG.   In August 2017 the…

Climate

Long Room

University Of California Sued Over Stonewalling Of ‘Climate Litigation’ Documents

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/09/2018

Long Room cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner in relation to the California Board of Regents climate litigation suit.   The University of California…

CEI Litigation

News Release

CEI Sues University of California for Information on UCLA Law School Involvement with Climate Litigation Industry

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/08/2018

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…

Energy and Environment

The Wall Street Journal

State AGs for Rent

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/07/2018

The Wall Street Journal cited the work of Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner.

Energy and Environment

Northern California Record

California, Other States Grapple Over Climate Change Litigation

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/31/2018

Northern California Record cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on climate change litigation.    Into this charged debate comes Chris Horner, a senior fellow…

Climate

Washington Examiner

The Russians Are Meddling In Our Politics – And Michael Bloomberg Is Helping Them

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/29/2018

Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on environmental SAAG scheam. Then there is the work of Michael Bloomberg. Money from Bloomberg…

Climate

One News Now

Climate Change Activists Making Energy The New Tobacco?

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/29/2018

One News Now cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on Attorney General lawsuit against Exxon. Chris Horner of the …

Climate

Daily Caller

Bloomberg-Funded Fellow Signed NY AG’s Climate Lawsuit Against Exxon

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/25/2018

The Daily Caller cited CEI’s report by Christopher C. Horner, Law Enforcement for Rent. Matthew Eisenson, a special assistant in the New York…

Energy and Environment

Overlawyered

State AGs For Hire On Environmental Activism

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/22/2018

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…

Climate

Cato Institute

Bloomberg/NYU Center Embeds Lawyers In AG Offices To Pursue Green Causes

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/22/2018

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…

Climate

The Daily Caller

Exclusive: Court Memos Shed Light On Michael Bloomberg’s Role In NYC’s Climate Crusade

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/15/2018

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…

Climate

Investor's Business Daily

Billionaire Bloomberg’s Radical Green ‘Fellows’ Use States To Sue Corporations

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/15/2018

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…

Climate

Real Clear Investigations

How Bloomberg Embeds Green Warriors in Blue-State Governments

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/10/2018

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…

Climate

Legal News Line

Report Details How Bloomberg, NYU Influence Environmental Policy At State Level

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/26/2018

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…

Climate

Inside Sources

Pay To Pay Or Pay To Sue: Liberal Donors Planting Environmentalist Attorneys In State AG Offices

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/26/2018

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…

Climate

Conservative Tribune

As Bloomberg Eyes 2020 Run, Report Names Him Kingpin In National AG Scandal

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/24/2018

Conservative Tribune cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent” report.   Citing “an analysis by the office of…

Climate

The Washington Free Beacon

Oregon Legislature’s Counsel: Bloomberg-Funded Lawyer In DOJ Not Entirely Legal

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/24/2018

The Washington Free Beacon cited Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement For Rent” report. A “special assistant attorney general” who has been…

Climate

Inside Sources

“Donor-Based Government”: Foreign Money Tied To Climate Lawsuits

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/24/2018

Inside Sources cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. According to records obtained by the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Climate

Washington Examiner

Foreign Money Bankrolls Climate Change Lawsuits Against US Oil Companies

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/21/2018

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…

Climate

The Federalist

7 Attorney General Offices are Running Private Investigations for a Billionaire

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/18/2018

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…

Climate

The Patriot Post

The Stealth Agenda of Climate Cronyism

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/17/2018

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…

Climate

Energy In Depth: Climate & Environment

Meet the Wealthy Green Foundation Behind Governor Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/17/2018

Energy In Depth: Climate & Environment cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Government for Rent”. A new report entitled, “Government for…

Climate

Washington Examiner

Green Activists Miss Key Point In Their Climate Change Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/17/2018

The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Government for Rent” report.   Green activists who have been working with their allies…

Climate

Watts Up With That

Government for Rent – How Special Interests Finance Governors to Pursue Their Climate Policy Agenda

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/14/2018

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…

Climate

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