FOIA lawsuit seeks to highlight just how little 'advice and consent' went into the Paris Agreement
by Kevin Mooney
| December 22, 2020 10:24 AM
Getting documents out of a government agency is a heavy lift. That's what the nonprofit organization Energy Policy Advocates aims to do in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, seeking State Department documents that describe how the Obama administration circumvented the Constitution to join a United Nations climate treaty.
A joint status report filed earlier this month suggests something of a “deep state†effort could be underway to delay the release of any such documents until after Joe Biden becomes president.
For reference, Inauguration Day is Jan. 20. In response to the suit, which was filed in November 2019, the State Department indicated it does not expect to begin releasing any of the requested documents until Jan. 26 and has proposed a deadline of Feb. 9 for another joint status report filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/foia-lawsuit-seeks-to-highlight-just-how-little-advice-and-consent-went-into-the-paris-agreement
