State Armor Urges Congress to Probe ELI After 2,000 Judges Received Climate Training
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 2
State Armor Urges Congress to Probe ELI After 2,000 Judges Received Climate Training
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 2
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State Armor sent Congress a report Tuesday urging an investigation into the Environmental Law Institute’s China-linked partnerships and its Climate Judiciary Project, which has trained more than 2,000 U.S. judges since 2018.
The group argues ELI’s decades of work with Chinese entities tied to ministries, state universities and other government-linked bodies may have advanced Beijing’s interests while shaping U.S. legal thinking on energy and environmental regulation.
ELI said its China programming ended in 2024 and denied advancing any government’s interests, adding that its judicial training initiative has not conducted programming in China.
State Armor still pointed to ELI’s published China scholarship, a June panel with a Chinese legal scholar, and past work with bodies such as PRCEE and Tianjin University as grounds for congressional review of funding, curriculum and governance.