By Institute for Energy Research ——Bio and Archives--December 21, 2018
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"The Russia meddling that no one is talking about involves Russian attempts to promote an environmental agenda in the U.S. by masking its interests and using U.S. green groups to do its bidding. It is imperative that we learn the extent of their ideological campaign and what the federal government may know. Treasury has a public obligation to inform the public on this matter and we file this lawsuit in the hopes that the information will come out as soon as possible."
"Increasing public revelations confirm that these issues are too important to be buried in bureaucratic runaround and delays. Both GAO and IER look forward to resolving the Treasury Department's public obligations sooner rather than later, but intend to fully pursue IER's rights, and these public records, to fully understand what our government officials knew and did regarding this ideological campaign."Today's suit follows litigation filed by the GAO against the Treasury Department on IER's behalf this summer pertaining to career government officials attempts to quietly advance the "climate industry". IER has also filed complaints against the State Department regarding records on a related issue of Russian funding of green groups and a separate suit relating to green-group lobbyist Jennifer Morgan's advancement of initiatives backed by China. To read IER's FOIA request to Treasury, click here. To read IER's public lawsuit filled today, click here.
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