Description: Sought emails from U.S. Treasury concerning the proposal of a carbon tax.
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Competitive Enterprise Institute v. U.S. Treasury
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 11/13/2012 Complaint Complaint filed. A conservative legal foundation filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department seeking agency emails concerning a possible federal carbon tax. According to the agency, the Obama Administration has no plans to propose a carbon tax and any such legislation would need Republican support. The lawsuit seeks emails from the agency’s Office of Energy and Environment that contain the word “carbon.”