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But "the Colorado-based American Tradition Institute is part of a broader network of groups with close ties to energy interests that have long fought greenhouse gas regulation. Our investigation also finds that ATI has ''[indirect<ref>In 2011-12-14 email, David Schnare says "ATI is not formally or informally linked to either the Koch brothers or the Pope family"</ref>]'' connections with the [[Koch brothers]], [[Art Pope]] and other conservative donors seeking to expand their political influence," reported the Institute for Southern Studies in October 2011.<ref name=iss>{{cite web

According to ATI's 2010 IRS Form 990, its personnel are all volunteers; whether theysome<ref>(David Schnare replied that he're s not.)</ref> are paid by ATI's sister 501(c)(4), [[Western Tradition Partnership]], is unknown, as that group does not appear to have filed a return with the IRS.<ref>Guidestar.org, 2011-12-02</ref>

What had changed? University of Virginia court filings[http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/ATI-UVA-support-memorandum.pdf][http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/ATI-UVA-Kast-affidavit.pdf] had argued that ATI publicity and actions of ATI principals [[David W. Schnare]] and [[Christopher Horner]] - who were both the attorneys and the petitioners in this case - had raised serious questions about whether as attorneys with these dual roles they could be trusted to abide by the previous ruling's requirement to keep the content of the exempt emails private.<ref>{{cite web

|quote=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.}}</ref>; according to one affidavit, ''[See [[David Schnare had initially neglected to mention that he was still employed by the Environmental Protection Agency, then when challenged, asserted that the EPA had given him permission to do outside work such as this lawsuit |Schnare]]'s SourceWatch page for ATI; but the EPA denied having given Schnare this permission.[http://wwwhis response.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/ATI-UVA-Kast-affidavit.pdf]''