This document is an email chain discussing a press release from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) alleging that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest climate report to the United Nations violates a prior agreement between the White House and CEI related to a lawsuit. The emails include forwarding of the original CEI press release, which claims the EPA report inappropriately relies on previously discredited climate science that the Bush Administration had agreed not to use as official policy. The chain discusses the potential implications and need to address the issue with the EPA.

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CEI press release: EPA climate Report Violates White House Agreement to
Settle
tawsuit
…Original MessageO---
From: Myron Ebell
T02 Myron Shell
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:19 PM
subject: czi press release: EPA Climate Report Violates White House
Agreement to
Settle Lawsuit
Contact:
Richard Morrison, 202.331.1010
EPA Global Warming Report Violates White House Agreement To Settle Lawsuit
Report Relies on Discredited Science Previously Disavowed as Official
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Policy
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2002-The Environmental Protection Agency's latest
report on global warming to the United Nations, Climate Action Report 2002,
violates an agreement between the White House and the Competitive
Enterprise
institute, three members of Congress, and other non-profit advocacy groups,
struck in settlement of a lawsuit. The report relies in part on the
discredited
National Asseesmen~t on Climate Change.
As atresult of the lawsuit Wied in October 2000, the Bush Administrltiofl
ultimately agreed in September 2001I to withdraw the-Nationat Assessmitt and
stated that its unlawfully produced conclusions are "not policy positions
or
official statements of the U.S. government." EPA has ignored this
agreement in
issuing its report to the United Nations.
"Through Freedom of Information Act inquiries, we learned that the National
Assessment was hurriedly slapped together in an incomplete and Inaccurate
form,"
said Christopher C. Horner, CEI counsel who filed the lawsuit. "The
current
Climate Action Report inappropriately cites the disgraced National
Assessment,
in clear violation of the spirit and letter of our agreement with the White
House in return for withdrawing our suit."
Adds Myron Ebell, director of global warming policy at CET: "The
Administration
has recognized that the National Assessment is the worst sort of junk
science.
For the EPA now to accept the National Assessment's findings as valid
undermines
and contradicts President Bush's global warming policies. The EPA needs
to be
told that the Clinton Administration is gone and Al Gore did not win the
election.'
The lawsuit against the White House's flawed climate science was brought
jointly
by CEI, Senator James Inhofe (Rl-OK), Representatives Joe Knollenberil
(Rl-MI) and
Jo Ann Emerson (fl-MO), and other non-profit advocacy groups. CgI's
pleadings in
the case can be found in the docket at the federal District Court for the
Dlistrict of Columbia (CV 00-02383).
CE! is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy group dedicated to the
principles of free enterprise and limited government. For more information
about CEl, visit our website at .cvww.cei.org>.
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<DIV><B>Sent:~4/B> Monday, June 03, 2002 2:19 PM</DIV>
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<P><FONr face="Times New oaona~">Contact:&nbsp;&lbsp; <IF0NT><CBR><FONT
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<P><FONT face="Times New Rcman">Washington, D.C., Jun
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2002-The Environmental
Protection Agencys latest report on global warming to the United
Nations,</FONT><I> <FONT face-"Times New Roinan">Clima~te Action Report
20G2<c/FONT></I><FON? face="Times New Roman">, violates an agreement
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;ad other non-profit advocacy groups, struck in settlement of a lawsuit.&nbsp,
The report relies in part on the discredited</FONT><I> <FONT
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cP><FONT face='Tilues New Roman->As a result of the lawsuit filed in October
withdraw
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cP>cFONT face='Times New Roman">Throflgh Freedom of Information Act inquiries,
we learned that the<IFOINT><I> <FONT face="Timfes New Roman'>Natioflal
Assessment</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman*> was hurriedly slapped CEI
together in an incomplete and inaccurate form, said Christopher C. Horner,
counsel who filed the lawsuit.&nbsp; The current</FONT><I> <FONT
face=OTirnes New Roman"'Climate Action Report</F0NTC>'/I><FO'NT
face='Times New Roman"> inappropriatel
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* disgraced</FONT><I> <FONT
face="Timefl New Roman'>Katioflal Assessment</FONT></I><FONT
of our
face="Times New Roman">, in clear violation of the spirit and letter
agreement with the White House in return for withdrawing our suit.</FONT></P>
warming
<P,>eFONT face."Times New Romanw>AddS Myron Ebell, director of global
policy at CEI:&nbsp: The Administration has recognized that the</FONT><I> <FONT
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Assessments</FONT></T><FQNT face-"Timefl New Reman'> findings as valid
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undermines and contradicts President Eushs global warming policies.&nbsp;
did no
EPA needs to be told that the Clinton Administration is gone and Al Gore
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win the election.</FONT></P>
flawed
<P>-<FONT faces"Tilnes New Roman">The lawsuit against the White Houses
climate science was brought jointly by GEi,
Senator James
Inhofe (H-OK),
other
Representatives Joe icnollenberg (Rl-MI) and Jo Ann Emerson (H-MO), and
nan-profit advocacy groups.&xnbsp; CEls pleadings in the case can be found in
(CV
the docket at the federal District Court for the District of Columbia
00-02383) .anbsp;&nbsp;&flbSp;&nbSp;&nbsp; </FONT></P>
policy
cP><FONT face="Tilmes New Roman">CEI is a non-profit, non-partisan public
group dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited
government.&nbsp; For more information abo
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