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Jennifer Hijazi, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, August 19, 2019Conservative groups are raising new legal questions about state attorneys general who are involved in climate litigation and hire outside lawyers to work on the issue. In a lawsuit filed in state court last week, Washington state-based Energy Policy Advocates said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) must hand over records detailing his…

By Kevin Mooney The Natural Resources Defense Council held close ties to the Obama administration, providing advice on joining the Paris Agreement while simultaneously maintaining ties to China, according to attorneys and policy analysts who have reviewed email records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. While many of the emails are heavily redacted, they provide insight into how…

By Chris Horner and Victoria Toensing, writing in the Wall Street Journal The State Energy and Environmental Impact Center, a group created by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2017, is hiring and placing lawyers in the offices of state attorneys general. The mission of the group, which is led by a former Interior Department official and housed…

Excerpts: Advocacy Group Pays Conference Fees for Mayor to Promote Energy Lawsuits Santa Cruz mayor will tout lawsuit against Exxon to other mayors An environmental advocacy group is paying the registration fees for Santa Cruz mayor Martine Watkins (D.) to attend the United States Conference of Mayors Summit in Hawaii later this month, where Watkins will speak in favor of…

Embedded AG fellows raise concerns Bloomberg nonprofit pays salaries of lawyers working for Dem AGs Coverage from CommonWealth Magazine by Sarah Betancourt – excerpts: A NONPROFIT BACKED with money from Michael Bloomberg is paying the salaries of 14 lawyers who are working on environmental and climate change issues for Democratic attorneys general around the country, including Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.…

Excerpts From InsideSources by Jessica R. Towhey A New York state Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday that ExxonMobil may access quarterly reports on a special program in the New York Attorney General’s office funded by a private, outside interest that officials have fought to keep secret. ExxonMobil is seeking the documents as part of its defense against a years’ long investigation…

Excerpts: Massachusetts AG and Supervisor of Public Records are targets of records lawsuit By James F. Russell, Correspondent Posted Jun 12, 2019 at 2:49 PM Updated Jun 12, 2019 at 4:30 PM BOSTON – A multimillion-dollar fund established by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Democrat with a net worth Forbes.com estimates at $56 billion, is at the center of a lawsuit filed against two Massachusetts Democrats who hold…

FOIA suit seeks records concerning leaks, coordination of staff with outside parties, possible improper removal of records For immediate release. WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C. (GAO), filed suit against the Department of the Interior on behalf of the public policy transparency group Energy Policy Advocates (EPA). This federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit seeks records relating…

On Monday afternoon, May 6, 2019, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh filed an Answer in response to an open records lawsuit by Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C., a suit that seeks Frosh’s application to Michael Bloomberg’s “Center for State Impacts” for a privately hired prosecutor to “advanc[e] progressive clean energy, climate change, and environmental legal positions.” That Center hired and…

GAO previously reported the good news that Virginia’s elected representatives rejected Bloomberg’s money, saying he can’t buy his way into Virginia law enforcement via planting attorneys in the Virginia Attorney General office. AG Mark Herring has asked for Bloomberg’s resources “to advance the agenda represented by” a group created to  “advanc[e] progressive clean energy, climate change, and environmental legal positions”.  GAO…

In a spectacular defeat, The U.S. Senate voted down Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal 57-0, with 43 members simply voting “present”. A number of high-profile Democrats joined Republicans to show their disapproval of what many called a radical plan that would limit energy and travel options for most Americans. Democratic Senators  Joe Manchin of West Virginia,  Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona,…

Chris Horner, GAO Executive Director, appears on Hannity, to discuss the coordinated agenda behind climate change radicalism

GAO Executive Director Chris Horner appeared February 7th to discuss the Green New Deal on FOX News’ Hannity.

Government Accountability & Oversight 724 Bielenberg Drive Woodbury, MN 55125     For Immediate Release: February 25th, 2019 Contact Dave Mohel: (703)217-2660 dave@strategiccommsgroup.com   GAO Files Suit for Document Detailing Maryland AG Brian Frosh’s Role In National Scandal MD’s AG Refuses to Release Unredacted Application to Bloomberg Group Detailing Intended Political Use of Office, Clearly Illegal Appointment   (Washington, DC) —…

Government Accountability & Oversight 724 Bielenberg Drive Woodbury, MN 55125     For Immediate Release: February 24th, 2019 Contact Dave Mohel: (703)217-2660 dave@strategiccommsgroup.com   GAO Praises Virginia General Assembly: 1st Legislature to Strike at Bloomberg Attempt to Capture AG Offices (Washington, DC) — Today the public interest law firm Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C. (GAO) congratulated the Virginia General Assembly for…

State Department email records show that environmental activists who have denied operating as foreign agents in response to congressional inquiries partnered with Obama administration officials to advance climate change policies that were beneficial to China and detrimental to the United States, according to energy policy analysts and attorneys who have reviewed the electronic correspondence. The World Resources Institute, a Washington…

(Washington, DC) — The public interest law firm Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C. (GAO), had a victory on Monday in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond (VA) in its effort to obtain what legal analysis could possibly lead Attorney General Mark Herring’s Office to declare to a group funded by billionaire climate activist Michael Bloomberg that the AG…

Government Accountability & Oversight 724 Bielenberg Drive Woodbury, MN 55125     For Immediate Release: November 8th, 2018 Contact Dave Mohel: (703)217-2660 dave@strategiccommsgroup.com   GAO Files Suit against University of California on behalf of CEI for Information on UCLA Law School Involvement with Climate Litigation Industry   WASHINGTON, November 8th, 2018 – Government Oversight & Accountability’s (GAO) today filed suit against…

(From Climate Litigation Watch) A new CLW video,  citing to a recent report by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, “Law Enforcement for Rent,” lays out the most stunning revelation about an extensive and elaborate campaign to use law enforcement, in coordination with major contributors and activist pressure groups, to attain a policy agenda that failed through the democratic process.  Among the…

A New York University School of Law program funded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg is placing lawyers in the offices of Democratic state attorneys general and paying them to prosecute energy companies and challenge Trump administration policies on energy and the environment. Nine states and Washington, D.C., including New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, are participating in the multimillion-dollar program funded by…