Democrat AGs, Green Groups Defy Subpoena on ‘Coordinated’ Climate Efforts
Environmental activists and state government officials, declining to comply with subpoenas by House Republicans probing their “coordinated efforts” to punish climate change skeptics, face additional scrutiny as part of the congressional investigation.
The deadline for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and eight environmental organizations to comply with subpoenas from the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology came and went July 27 without their producing requested documents.
So what now?
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House committee, said “noncompliance only raises additional questions.”
In an email to The Daily Signal, a committee aide wrote that “we’re talking with the recipients [of the subpoenas], and we’ll consider all of our options.”
As The Daily Signal previously reported, the House committee has the option to send a “contempt of Congress” finding to the full House.
In a statement last week, Smith said:
The committee is disappointed that the New York and Massachusetts attorneys general and the environmental activist organizations behind the AGs’ efforts have refused to comply with lawfully issued subpoenas. Their noncompliance only raises additional questions. As discussions with the individual subpoena recipients move forward, the committee will consider using all tools at its disposal to further its …read more