Christopher C. Horner

Horner received his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law.{{Cite web |url=http://heartland.org/chris-horner |title=Chris Horner | the Heartland Institute |access-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003111747/http://heartland.org/chris-horner |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://cei.org/experts/christopher-c-horner/|title=Christopher C. Horner|website=Competitive Enterprise Institute|access-date=June 28, 2021|archive-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628042714/https://cei.org/experts/christopher-c-horner/|url-status=live}}

He has represented non-profit libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute as well as Members of the U.S. House and Senate on matters of environmental policy in the federal courts, including the US Supreme Court.

Horner has written on numerous topics in publications such as law reviews, legal and industrial trade journals, and opinion pages. He is the author of four books:

• The Liberal War on Transparency (2012)
• Power Grab: How Obama's Green Policies Will Steal Your Freedom and Bankrupt America (2010)
• Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed (2008)
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism) (2007)

The Politically Incorrect Guide was on The New York Times Best Seller list (paperback nonfiction) from March to October 2007.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/books/bestseller/0311bestpapernonfiction.html |title=The New York Times Bestsellers: paperback nonfiction |work=The New York Times Book Review |date=11 March 2007 |access-date=26 August 2015}} (first week on list){{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/books/bestseller/1007bestpapernonfiction.html |title=The New York Times Bestsellers: paperback nonfiction |work=The New York Times Book Review |date=7 October 2007 |access-date=26 August 2015 |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210232929/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/books/bestseller/1007bestpapernonfiction.html |url-status=live }} (last week on list)

Horner has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works,{{cite web |url=http://epw.senate.gov/107th/Horner_072402.htm |title=Statement of Christopher C. Horner to the Joint Hearing of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations And Environment And Public Works |work=senate.gov |author=Christopher Horner |date=24 June 2002 |access-date=26 August 2015 |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217060119/http://epw.senate.gov/107th/Horner_072402.htm |url-status=live }} and works on a legal and policy level with numerous think tanks and policy organizations. He has given addresses to audiences in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels, and before policymakers in European capitals including London, Rome, Prague, Copenhagen, Madrid, and Warsaw; topics range from rail deregulation and unfunded pension liability to energy and environment issues. He has provided legal, policy, and political commentary several hundred times each on both television and radio, in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia, including on the Fox News Channel, Court TV, MSNBC (with repeat visits on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer), BBC, CNN, CNN International, ITN, CBC, Bloomberg, and Reuters Television.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Horner "has been instrumental in orchestrating the attacks on climate scientists over the past decade in the form of vexatious and frivolous FOIA demands, efforts to force scientists to turn over all of their personal email," said Michael Mann, a senior climate scientist.{{cite web |url=http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2015/02/freedom-to-bully-ucs-2015_0.pdf |title=Freedom to Bully |publisher=Union of Concerned Scientists |author=Michael Halpern |date=February 2015 |access-date=26 August 2015 |archive-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513044046/http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2015/02/freedom-to-bully-ucs-2015_0.pdf |url-status=live }}

In 2015, bankruptcy court documents for the coal company Alpha Natural Resources revealed Horner was privately funded by grants sent to his home address.{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2015/10/15/alpha-natural-discloses-payments-to-climate-change-skeptic-chris-horner/ |title=Alpha Natural Discloses Payments to Climate Change Skeptic Chris Horner |work=The Wall Street Journal |author=Patrick Fitzgerald |date=15 October 2015 |access-date=16 October 2015 |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121234435/http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2015/10/15/alpha-natural-discloses-payments-to-climate-change-skeptic-chris-horner/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/25/chris-horner-coal/ |title=Attorney Hounding Climate Scientists Is Covertly Funded By Coal Industry |work=The Intercept |author=Lee Fang |date=25 August 2015 |access-date=26 August 2015 |archive-date=August 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826010236/https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/25/chris-horner-coal/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2015/08/26/exposed_shameless_climate_denial_brought_to_you_by_big_coal/ |title=Exposed: Shameless climate denial, brought to you by Big Coal |work=Salon |author=Lindsay Abrams |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=26 August 2015 |archive-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828034149/http://www.salon.com/2015/08/26/exposed_shameless_climate_denial_brought_to_you_by_big_coal/ |url-status=live }} In early June 2015, the Coal & Investment Leadership Forum, a trade show, sent a message to its email list confirming coal industry support of Horner: "As the 'war on coal' continues, I trust that the commitment we have made to support Chris Horner's work will eventually create great awareness of the illegal tactics being employed to pass laws that are intended to destroy our industry." The email was signed by Alliance Resource Partners Joe Craft III, Alpha Natural Resources Kevin Crutchfield, Drummond Company's Gary Drummond, Arch Coal's John Eaves and United Coal Co.'s Jim McGlothlin.{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-BANKB-21427 |title=Alpha Natural Discloses Payments to Climate Change Skeptic Chris Horner |work=The Wall Street Journal |author=Patrick Fitzgerald |date=October 15, 2015 |accessdate=June 28, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628193937/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-BANKB-21427 |url-status=live }}{{portal|Global warming}}

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• [http://cei.org/people/christopher-c-horner Biography] at Competitive Enterprise Institute {{COI source|date=August 2015}}

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• [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/jan-june01/co2_3-14.html Interview] on PBS Newshour (14 March 2001)
• [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/reviewofbooks_article/5956/ Interview] in Spiked (November 2008)

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