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The Federalist

7 Attorney General Offices Are Running Private Investigations For A Billionaire

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

The Federalist cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent.” Privately funded “special assistant attorneys general” (SAAGs) are presently working in…

Climate

Truthfeed

Bombshell Report: Obama Aides Have Formed ‘Shadow Cabinet’ to Thwart Trump

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/13/2018

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…

Climate

The Washington Times

Competitive Enterprise Institute: Activists working with officials to advance green agenda

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/12/2018

The Washington Times cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent.” The picture that emerges is of state governments…

Climate

Forbes

Billionaire Mega-Donor Tom Steyer Picks Favorite AG Hopefuls; More Global Warming Cases Possible

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/12/2018

Forbes cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent.” A recent report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Energy

The Daily Signal

Government for Hire? Emails Show ‘Climate Industry’ Funds Jobs in Offices of Governors, Attorneys General

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/12/2018

The Daily Signal cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on CEI’s latest report, “Government for Rent.”…

Climate

LifeZette

Privately Funded Government Jobs Advance Left’s Climate Agenda

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/12/2018

LifeZette cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher Horner, “Government for Rent.” Christopher Horner, a CEI fellow who wrote a report released Tuesday,…

Climate

The Washington Examiner

Report: Obama Climate Change Aides in Shadow ‘Cabinet’ to Thwart Trump

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

The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent.” In it’s “Government for Rent”…

Climate

News Release

CEI Report Details Scheme Privately Funding Governors’ Offices to Push Partisan Climate Change Agenda

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/10/2018

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.

Climate

Study

Government for Rent

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/10/2018

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,…

Climate

Varney & Company

VIDEO: Christopher C. Horner Joins Varney & Company to Discuss “Law Enforcement for Rent”

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/07/2018

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…

Climate

The New York Post

Don’t Let Billionaires Set Priorities for Attorneys General

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/04/2018

The New York Post cited Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s report, Law Enforcement for Rent. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Chris Horner this week…

Climate

The Washington Free Beacon

Report: Political Interests ‘Commandeered’ State AGs for Environmental Agenda

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/04/2018

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…

Climate

Citation

Bloomberg accused of hijacking justice system with donor-funded climate-change prosecutors

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 08/30/2018

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…

Energy and Environment

Citation

REPORT: The ‘Billion-Dollar Per Year Climate Industry’ Is Trying To Weaponize State Attorneys General

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 08/30/2018

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…

Energy and Environment

Citation

New Report Exposes Global Warming ‘Law Enforcement for Rent’

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 08/30/2018

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…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Report Details Campaign to Privately Fund State Attorney General Offices to Advance Climate Change Legal Positions

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 08/29/2018

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…

Energy and Environment

Study

Law Enforcement for Rent

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 08/28/2018

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…

Climate

Blog

Looking Back on Trump’s Paris Decision: Why It Protected the Constitution and Rule of Law

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 05/31/2018

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…

Climate

News Release

CEI on Paris Climate Decision Anniversary: Trump Should Tell the Senate to Vote It Down

  • Christopher C. Horner, Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 05/31/2018

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…

Energy and Environment

The Daily Caller News Foundation

EPA Responded to The DCNF’s FOIA Request Two-And-A-Half Years Late

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 03/07/2018

TheDCNF quoted Chris Horner on the difficulty which conservatives face when submitting FOIA requests to the EPA compared to environmentalists.   The Environmental Protection…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Times

Democratic Governors Outsource Climate Campaigns To Activist Groups, Emails Reveal

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 02/23/2018

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…

Business and Government

The Daily Caller

State Department Sued For Internal Records On The Paris Climate Accord

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/31/2018

The Daily Caller covers the role which CEI is playing bringing to light documentation relating to former officials emails as evidence of legal circumvention around…

Washington Examiner

Competitive Enterprise Institute sues State Department for climate change communications of Obama officials

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/31/2018

The Washington Examiner Online covered the role of CEI in suing the U.S. Department of State in order to make public documents concernign the Paris…

OneNewsNow

Manmade Pollutants Now Blamed for Global Cooling

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/29/2018

OneNewsNow discusses a change in the rhetoric surrounding manmade pollutants with Chris Horner. The same “climate change” scientists and activists who have claimed for…

Climate

Blog

Questionable Climate Financing in Washington Gov. Inslee’s Office

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/16/2018

Recent Wall Street Journal stories detail questionable dealings in Washington governor and climate activist Jay Inslee’s (D) office.

Climate

The Wall Street Journal

The Marrakesh Climate Express

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/12/2018

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…

Climate

The Wall Street Journal

Climate of Unaccountability

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/12/2018

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,…

Climate

The Daily Caller

EPA Responded to the DCNF’s FOIA Request Two-and-a-Half Years Late

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 01/02/2018

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…

CEI Litigation

The Daily Caller

EPA Progresses Through HUNDREDS Of FOIA Requests Left Unanswered Under Obama

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/22/2017

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.

Climate

The New American

State Dept. Sued for Secret Records on UN Paris Climate Accord

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/20/2017

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…

CEI Litigation

The Daily Caller

Docs Show Dems Are Outsourcing Paris Climate Campaign to Liberal Outlets

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/16/2017

The Daily Caller discusses the use of activist groups by Democratic governors to push a climate change agenda with Chris Horner. The coalition of…

Climate

The Washington Times

Democratic Governors Outsource Climate Campaigns to Activist Groups, Emails Reveal

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/15/2017

The Washington Times covers the use of activist groups by Democratic governors to push climate change agendas. It may look as if Democratic governors…

Climate

The Daily Caller

State Dept Is Withholding Paris Accord Documents, So a Think Tank Is Suing It

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/14/2017

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…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Examiner

Competitive Enterprise Institute Re-ups Lawsuit Against State Department for Not Releasing Paris Climate Emails

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/14/2017

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.

CEI Litigation

News Release

Competitive Enterprise Institute Sues State Department Again Over Paris Climate Agreement Records

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 11/13/2017

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…

Law and Litigation

OneNewsNow

How Could EPA Avoid ‘Sue and Settle’ Problem?

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/20/2017

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…

Climate

News Release

CEI Sues DOJ Over Former AG Lynch Alias Email Account Records

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/05/2017

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…

CEI Litigation

The Daily Caller

State Department Sued for Internal Records on the Paris Climate Accord

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/04/2017

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…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Examiner

Competitive Enterprise Institute Sues State Department for Climate Change Communications of Obama Officials

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/04/2017

The Washington Examiner discusses CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the State Department with Chris Horner. The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed suit Tuesday against…

CEI Litigation

News Release

CEI Sues State Department for Paris Climate Treaty Docs

  • Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/03/2017

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…

CEI Litigation

The Daily Caller

Cities, Activists Are Turning to the Courts to Enforce Global Warming Policies

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 10/03/2017

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…

Climate

The Daily Caller

EPA Chief Who Used An Alias To Avoid Scrutiny Complains Trump Admin Isn’t Transparent

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/21/2017

The Daily Caller discusses former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson’s private email account with Chris Horner. EPA Chief Scott Pruitt is a threat to…

Energy and Environment

World Net Daily

Trump’s Inner Circle ‘Fighting’ to Keep Paris Climate Deal

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 09/19/2017

World Net Daily discusses the future of the Paris Climate Accord with Chris Horner. Key White House officials are denying any change in President…

Climate

USA Today

Don’t Hype Draft Climate Studies

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 08/15/2017

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…

Climate

Blog

Loretta Lynch Fake Email Account Demonstrates Pattern of Evasion

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 08/08/2017

“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.

CEI Litigation

The Washington Times

Obama’s Paris Climate Scheme Revelation

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 07/26/2017

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…

Climate

The Hill

United States Going It Alone on Climate Change: What It Means

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 07/11/2017

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…

Climate

News Release

CEI Continues to Support President Trump’s Paris Climate Accord Decision

  • Christopher C. Horner, Fred L. Smith, Jr., Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 07/07/2017

The Competitive Enterprise Institute continues to support Trump’s Paris decision amid contention from the international community.

The Washington Times

Signaling Political Virtue via the Paris Accord

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 07/05/2017

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…

Climate

The Daily Caller

Energy Week Is About America’s Energy Future

  • By: Christopher C. Horner
  • 06/29/2017

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…

Climate

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