Rep. Lauren Boebert, the gun-toting, Trump-loving, riot-goading, Congresswoman from Colorado, has a new conspiratorial obsession. And she’s fixated on it rather than working to address the multiple environmental crises facing her state.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals
ruled on Tuesday that Attorney General Keith Ellison cannot conceal documents related to his office s communications with attorneys general in other states.
The Court of Appeals reversed a previous Ramsey County District Court decision and held that the common interest doctrine - which allows states to withhold communications involving conversations with other states - is not valid in Minnesota. The case was represented by Upper Midwest Law Center on behalf of Energy Policy Advocates, a nonprofit public interest group that promotes governmental transparency. What the Court of Appeals said in Minnesota is that those types of agreements they re called common interest agreements are not valid under Minnesota law. If you share something outside of the attorney-client relationship in Minnesota, if you share it with Washington or with New York, then you ve got to share it with the public, too. That s what the case is
Wasserman also played a critical role in Minnesota s litigation, connecting activist lawyers with local climate change activists like
Michael Noble head of the Minnesota-based organization Fresh Energy who served as a local front for the project.
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According to its website, Fresh Energy s mission is to shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies with a focus on speeding Minnesota s transition to clean energy.
On April 19, 2019, Fresh Energy sent Ellison a nearly 50-page long document titled Potential Lawsuit against Fossil Fuel Companies for Minnesota Climate Change Damages, which encouraged legal action against energy companies.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A group that monitors conflicts of interest among government officials believes that climate activist Elizabeth Klein, now serving as senior counselor to Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland, may have some problems.