In a recent report published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) — “Law Enforcement for Rent: How Special Interests Fund Climate Policy through State Attorneys General” — Chris Horner revealed a curiously collaborative relationship between state attorneys general offices (OAGs) and the green pressure group Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). UCS is at the center […]
Michael Bloomberg, Exxon and the ethical pollution of buying justice
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire and perhaps soon-to-be presidential candidate, suggested earlier this year that reluctant corporations needed to be pressed into addressing climate change. “Employees want to work for an environmentally friendly company. And then there are the investors. … They want socially responsible investing,” the former New York City mayor and media mogul declared to […]
Weiser Says No To Adding Colorado To Exxon Climate Litigation
Colorado’s Democratic candidate for Attorney General says he would not add the state to a lawsuit targeting Exxon Mobil over climate change, calling the litigation’s reasoning “uncomfortable.” Phil Weiser, speaking at a Colorado Chamber of Commerce debate Thursday, said the case for the climate change litigation has not been made. “This is what happens when you do […]