China doesn’t always influence America directly.
Sometimes they use a middleman.
Key Facts
• ELI educates thousands of U.S. judges on climate while maintaining an open bridge to and from Communist China through its China project. The result? Increased pressure on U.S. energy while China continues to increase emissions.
• ELI provides information and analysis directly to Chinese universities and organizations, many of which have direct ties to the CCP, including its united front and intelligence operations.
• ELI is funded and supported by donors and law firms with documented connections to China.
• ELI’s judicial education programs have directly benefitted the Chinese government while jeopardizing U.S. national security by advancing fringe climate ideology and regulations that make America more dependent on Chinese “red tech.”
• Despite ELI’s outreach to America’s greatest adversary, it has not achieved any of its climate goals as China a free pass to continue increasing emissions, building coal plants, and expanding its industrial infrastructure
READ THE FULL REPORT: “ELI and Communist China”
This all begs the question…
…if ELI believes it can change China’s behavior through these exchanges…
…why wouldn’t China believe it could do the same to America…
…and is it?
ELI and China Explained
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National Review: How U.S. Climate Advocacy Gives China an Edge
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Center Square: National security group report questions Environmental Law Institute’s China ties
From Center Square: State Armor released a 39-page report this week stating that the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) worked with Chinese government agencies, universities, judges, and legal groups for decades while simultaneously training over 2,000 American judges...
Fox News: China-linked green group training US judges draws fresh heat as foreign ties fuel pressure at home
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State Armor Releases New Bombshell Report: ‘ELI and Communist China’
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Mobile Billboard
State Armor is running mobile billboards to raise awareness of the Environmental Law Institute’s shocking relationship with Communist China.
