Legal Opinion
Energy Policy Advocates v. United States Department of State
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 27, 2023No. Civil Action No. 2019-3307Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ENERGY POLICY ADVOCATES, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:19-cv-03307 (TNM) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Energy Policy Advocates sues the State Department under FOIA for documents related to the agency’s handling of the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement. State produced hundreds of records, but only three remain at issue. These are an action memo seeking authority to join the Agreement, an attached background document, and a set of draft talking points State sent to the National Security Council about…
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