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Last week, CLW informed its readers that Connecticut Attorney General William Tong had released his “NYU Law Fellow Application” to the transparency group Energy Policy Advocates (EPA). As CLW readers know, these applications were in fact responses to a request for proposals by a group created by billionaire party donor and climate activist Michael Bloomberg, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT:  Rachel Aplikowski, 952-913-8426 Kiffmeyer considers legislation to prevent special interest groups from influencing Attorney General’s office Today Senator Mary Kiffmeyer (R- Big Lake) released a letter sent from her office to Attorney General Keith Ellison.  The letter outlines specific questions regarding the Attorney General’s arrangement for a […]

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 […]

From Energy In Depth’s CLARA MCGRAIL: MINNESOTA, D.C., AND BALTIMORE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE FOR ACCEPTING CONTROVERSIAL HELP FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS The Minnesota Attorney General’s office is more than a thousand miles away from New York City, yet Michael Bloomberg’s money and influence are felt even there. A new lawsuit is challenging whether Minnesota AG Keith Ellison […]

Just as prescribed, Michael Bloomberg’s privately hired and placed “Special Assistant Attorneys General” are busy trying to block Trump administration regulatory reforms. Consider the long roster of “SAAGs” provided to willing AGs who are active in today’s filing in the DC Circuit, which seeks to block the Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy rule replacing the […]