Digging into big coal's climate connections

The bankruptcy filings of a Virginia coal firm have shone a rare light on a murky web of corporate attacks on climate science.

Have you heard about the group that has abused open records laws to harass climate scientists across the United States? The organization behind North Carolina's ban on using sea level science to inform coastal planning? The institution attacking renewable energy targets?

These are all activities of the innocuous-sounding Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal). Now, thanks to a scoop by Lee Fang at The Intercept, we now know where some of their money comes from.