Walker’s subpoena is part of a coordinated effort by the attorneys general of New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, Maryland and Vermont, as well as former Vice President Al Gore, to build on the United States’ recent efforts to fight climate change. The group recently held a press conference, trumpeting its “unprecedented coalition of top law enforcement officials committed to aggressively protecting and building upon the recent progress the United States has made in combating climate change.” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the group, calling itself AGs United for Clean Power, will threaten criminal investigations and charges against companies, policy organizations, scientists and others who disagree with the federal government's climate-change agenda.
“CEI will vigorously fight to quash this subpoena. It is an affront to our First Amendment rights of free speech and association for Attorney General Walker to bring such intimidating demands against a nonprofit group,” CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman said. “If Walker and his allies succeed, the real victims will be all Americans, whose access to affordable energy will be hit by one costly regulation after another, while scientific and policy debates are wiped out one subpoena at a time.”
Attorneys Andrew Grossman and David Rivkin Jr., founders of the Free Speech in Science Project, will represent CEI in this matter.
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