David W. Schnare
{{#badges:Climate change}} David W. Schnare is a Virginia attorney who works on behalf of the American Tradition Institute (ATI). A climate contrarian, he has pro bono affiliations with ATI and with the Thomas Jefferson Institute of Public Policy; and as attorneys for ATI, he and Chris Horner (who also wears two ATI hats) are involved in the ATI legal action seeking to let him and Horner review thousands of climatologist Michael Mann's University of Virginia emails, including emails deemed exempt from FOIA.[1]
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Background
Schnare's ATI bio reports[2] he has:
- "a PhD in Environmental Management from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, a Master of Science in Public Health-Environmental Science from the University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health, and a Baccalaureate Degree from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he majored in chemistry and mathematics."
- "Formerly the nation’s Chief Regulatory Analyst for Small Business (Office of Small Business Advocacy), Dr. Schnare has experience on Congressional Staff, as a trial lawyer with the Department of Justice and the Office of the Virginia Attorney General, as senior enforcement counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and as an appellate attorney for private clients. ... In addition to his [former] position as a Senior Attorney in EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Dr. Schnare ...has served as a Director of the George Mason University School of Law Alumni Association Board."[3]
Affiliations
- CEO of Schnare and Associates, Inc.
- Schnare is listed among the "Heartland Institute/Global warming experts".
- Thomas Jefferson Institute of Public Policy, Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment[4]
- American Tradition Institute
Controversies
ATI suit to review Michael Mann's emails
In 2011 Schnare and fellow American Tradition Institute attorney Chris Horner sued the University of Virginia for access to thousands of Michael Mann's emails, including his correspondence with 39 other climate scientists.
But the University of Virginia's court filings[1][2] argued that ATI publicity and actions of ATI principals Schnare and Christopher Horner - both of whom were acting as both attorney and petitioner - had raised serious questions about whether as attorneys they could be trusted to abide by the previous ruling's requirement to keep the content of the exempt emails private.[5]
Kast affidavit
According to the affidavit by University of Virginia attorney Richard Kast, Schnare had initially neglected to disclose that he was still employed by the Environmental Protection Agency while doing legal work for ATI, and then when challenged, had asserted that the EPA had given him permission to do outside work such as the ATI lawsuit; but the EPA denied having given Schnare this permission.[3]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Sue Sturgis (2011-10-31). SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Who's behind the 'information attacks' on climate scientists? -. The Institute for Southern Studies. Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Staff & Board of Directors. American Tradition Institute. Retrieved on 2011-11-05.
- ↑ David W. Schnare. About Me. TheHardLook blog. Retrieved on 2011-11-05.
- ↑ David Schnare. ExxonSecrets Factsheet. Retrieved on 2011-11-05.
- ↑ Timeline: Legal Harassment of Climate Scientist Michael Mann. Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved on 2011-11-03. “October 18: UVA files a petition with the court to alter the protective order, agreeing that it would be inappropriate to disclose exempt emails to ATI. In a supporting memorandum and a more extensive affidavit, UVA attorney Richard Kast outlines two concerns: first, regarding statements that ATI attorneys made on their website and in the press, and second, regarding how ATI attorney David Schnare represented his employment with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.”
Related SourceWatch articles
- American Tradition Institute
- George Mason University
- Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
- Heartland Institute/Global warming experts
External resources
- David W. Schnare. About Me. The Hard Look. Retrieved on 2011-11-05.
- DeSmogBlog profile, with public climate quotes
- ExxonSecrets factsheet
- Richard C. Kast UVA affidavit, October 2011
