Two conservative environmental law groups are suing New York’s attorney general for withholding information related to an investigation of groups and companies skeptical of global warming.
The Free Market Environmental Law Clinic (FME Law) and the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed a lawsuit last week against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for investigating groups and companies skeptical of so-called man-made global warming.
FME Law and E&E Legal are seeking communication between Schneiderman and California Attorney General Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer. Steyer and Harris are staunch advocates of enacting inquisitions against global warming skeptics and fossil fuel companies.
The New York attorney general began his Exxon Mobil investigation in November, arguing the oil producer misled investors for more than 40 years on the risks associated with global warming. The pursuit of Exxon was a precursor to Schneiderman’s investigation into some of the groups complicit in helping the oil company allegedly breaking the law.
Texas Rep. Lamar Smith issued subpoenas to Schneiderman, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and eight environmental groups July 13 focusing on nonprofit groups for supposedly hiding information related to global warming.
