Government Accountability & Oversight
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 […]
“Bloomberg AGs” taking on even more privately hired lawyers to aid activist group litigation; “emoluments” litigation tied to Bloomberg group. The Washington Times reports on records obtained by the transparency group Energy Policy Advocates (EPA), showing the District of Columbia’s AG has brought at least one other, previously unreported climate-activist attorney into his office. This […]
Is that Matthew 7:17–18 we smell? CLW readers are aware that District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine was one of Michael Bloomberg’s original partners in Bloomberg’s Law Enforcement for Rent scheme. That plan entails bringing on board an activist attorney(s), funded by a Bloomberg group, as a “Special Assistant AG” to work on issues of concern to […]
Documents Reveal DC AG’s Bloomberg-hired “Climate” Prosecutor was also a Bloomberg-Referred “Climate” Prosecutor Public record productions raise new questions about donor-funded activism in the DC Office of Attorney General — as well as nearby state and local offices. This is the first in a series of CLW posts on these revelations. To begin this series […]
From Energy in Depth: BY SPENCER WALRATH In recent years, attorneys general in the District of Columbia, New York, Maryland and a handful of other states have sought to burnish their climate credentials by pursuing investigations and litigation against oil companies. In some cases, they have welcomed outside support through a controversial, Michael Bloomberg-funded law […]
