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Investigations
At the Climate Investigations Center, our research illuminates the individuals, corporations, trade associations, political organizations and front groups working to delay the implementation of sound environmental policy in the face of ongoing climate crisis. Below you …
Climate Lawsuits in Baltimore and Rhode Island & New Climate Files Documents
Since Climate Investigation Center’s last climate liability update there have been multiple developments, some favorable to plaintiffs, others less so. As the legal battles progress, CIC continues to uncover and curate primary documents on its Climate …
Climate Lawsuits: Depose Lee Raymond and Rex Tillerson
As we have been saying…lots of climate lawsuits are landing in State and Federal courts nationwide. As these suits move forward, there is a short list of people who ought to be deposed first. Former …
Climate Change Lawsuits Fueled by Industry Documents
The news on climate change lawsuits keeps churning. On May 25, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge W. Alsup kept City of Oakland v. BP, et al. in court, opening four of the five defendants to …
Rebekah Mercer, Climate Denial Funder and the American Museum of Natural History
A year ago, few people had heard of millionaires Robert and Rebekah Mercer (except for Steve Bannon, who was being paid by them). Their role as major Trump financial backers emerged after the election as …
Will Virginia Governor-elect Ralph Northam accept Dominion money for inaugural committee?
In the coming weeks, Dominion Energy will almost certainly try to deliver a $50,000 check to Governor-elect Northam for his inaugural committee. In Virginia politics this is routine–since 1998 Dominion has contributed over $225,000 to …
America First Energy Conference Stacked With Climate Change Deniers
On November 9th, the climate change denying Heartland Institute is holding an energy conference in Houston to applaud the Trump Administration’s repeal of environmental protections and clean energy policy. According to its website, the conference …
Cooler Heads Coalition
The Cooler Heads Coalition (CHC), the longest running climate denial coalition, describes itself as an “informal and ad-hoc group focused on dispelling the myths of global warming…”. Translation: a coalition of climate denying organizations, funded through the years …
Heartland Institute’s Climate Red Team Lists Revealed
The Heartland Institute is frustrated that their yearlong campaign to create a ‘Red Team-Blue Team’ debate on climate has failed. Leaked internal email reveals their anxiety and desperation that the Trump team isn’t doing enough to kill …
Heritage Foundation
Climate Denial Heritage Foundation was a member of Cooler Heads Coalition (CHC), the longest running association of climate change denying organizations, from 1997-2013. Exxon Funding The Heritage Foundation has received $870,000 in grants for ExxonMobil. Of that …