Kerry Emails Show Input by Eco Groups on Policy
- November 1, 2022
McConway, Conservative Journal Review
The fact that email names were redacted had my ears up about outside agencies helping to formulate legislation.
Now, the watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) is making public the documents it was able to obtain that were unredacted, and it is not good.
Calling the Shots
It is not uncommon for any administration to use outside consultants when crafting certain legislation.
Industry experts are one thing.
Allowing groups that have piled cash into the campaign and party is something else entirely.
Buying Influence
Steve Herz, a Sierra Club senior attorney and international climate policy adviser, wrote to Kerry’s office, “I’ve been doing a bunch of thinking on potential next steps on the agenda of ending investment in new coal, particularly after the China announcement.