A conservative think tank with deep ties to the fossil fuel industry has sued UCLA to obtain email correspondence between two UCLA climate law professors and pro-environment individuals involved in climate change litigation.
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| UCLA law professor Ann Carlson is one of two professors studying climate liability that has been targeted by a Freedom of Information lawsuit similar to those used against climate scientists. |
The lawsuit was filed last month in California Superior Court by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a libertarian group that lobbies against limits on greenhouse gas emissions and claims that CO2 is good for the environment. CEI argued the university hasn’t complied with two public record requests made in February and May under the California Public Records Act.
According to the lawsuit, Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Regents of the University of California, the emails show environmental law professors Cara Horowitz and Ann E. Carlson discussed future meetings with others, including staffers from several attorney general offices, to discuss new legal actions against major carbon producers.
Read the Climate Liability News story by Marco Poggio - “Fossil Fuel Industry Ally Targets UCLA Law Professors’ Climate Liability Work.”
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