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.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute on Monday sued the State Department a second time for withholding emails and texts related to the Obama administration’s strategy to thwart Senate Republicans in joining the Paris climate change deal.

The free-market think tank formally petitioned the State Department in both August and October under the Freedom of Information Act to release emails and texts from two officials, Trigg Talley and Alexandra Costello. The group says the correspondence will show the level of maneuvering by the Obama administration to find a way around Senate ratification to join the Paris Agreement.

Read the full article at The Washington Examiner.