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We are actively working with several organizations in order to make CSLDF a one-stop resource for scientists looking for legal resources and we are currently pursuing several educational and legal initiatives which will be made public in the future.
In the short-term, CSLDF would greatly appreciate your financial support to help Dr. Michael Mann. Funds are needed to:
- Fend-off ATI’s demand to take Dr. Mann’s deposition, which is a blatant attempt to harass and intimidate him for exercising his constitutional rights by petitioning to intervene in the case.
- Defeat ATI’s attempt to obtain Dr. Mann’s email correspondence through the civil discovery process, which essentially is an “end-run” around the scholarly research exemption under the Virginia FOIA law.
- Prepare for summary judgment on the issue of the exempt status of his email correspondence under the Virginia FOIA law.
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Why is there a scholarly research exemption under the Virginia FOIA law?
Shouldn’t scholarly research be even more open and transparent than government?
I’m in.
Divert some of the energy otherwise wasted by practicing catharsis in comments, spend just a couple of minutes and what you can afford making a real impact.
Beyond legal mechanics, supporting climate science defense with money sends an important message to the forces of darkness and their bent politicians.
Why not expand the fund greatly, to launch legal actions against the denialist industry and expose them by subpoenaing their internal documents, as worked so well in exposing the tobacco harm denial industry?