Two state attorneys general have been subpoened by the House Science Committee because they refused to respond to requests for information on their efforts to prosecute climate skeptics. New York attorney general Eric T. Schneiderman and Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey, along with eight environmental groups who have been coordinating their efforts to intimidate skeptics, all received subpoenas. Washington Times: “The attorneys general have appointed themselves to decide what is valid and what is invalid regarding climate change,” Mr. Smith said at a press conference with other committee Republicans. “The attorneys general are pursuing a political agenda at the expense of scientists’ right to free speech.” He was referring to a Democrat-led coalition of 17 attorneys general working with environmental groups to pursue fossil fuel companies, starting with ExxonMobil, as well as academics and free market think tanks,...(Read Full Post)