These Terms of Use govern your use of the Center for Energy and Environmental Analysis website (this “Website”). These Terms of Use create a legal agreement directly between you and Symons Public Affairs LLC d/b/a Center for Energy and Environmental Analysis (“we” or “us”) and explain the terms and conditions governing use of this Website. By accessing or using this Website, you acknowledge and agree that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, as well our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not access or use this Website.

We have the right to update these Terms of Use from time to time. The date at the bottom of this page indicates the last time changes were made. You should check this page periodically for updates. The updated Terms of Use take effect upon posting and will apply on a going-forward basis, unless otherwise noted. By continuing to use this Website after the posting of updated Terms of Use, you agree to the updated terms.

Copyright Ownership and License

This Website contains copyrighted material, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, and audio (collectively, the “Content”) owned by us and our Senior Fellows and licensors. Unless otherwise noted, the Content on this Website is licensed to you under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. This means that you are free to copy and redistribute the Content, and to transform, build upon, and create derivative works based on the Content, solely for noncommercial purposes, provided that you give appropriate credit, provide a link to the above-referenced Creative Commons license, and indicate if any changes were made to the Content. If you transform or build upon the Content, you must distribute your contributions under the same Creative Commons license. You may not use the Content of this Website in any manner that suggests that the Center for Energy and Environmental Analysis or any of its Senior Fellows or licensors endorse your organization or your use. You can view the full license terms here.

The trademarks, service marks, and logos displayed on this Website (“Marks”) are owned by us and our licensors and may not be used or exploited for any purpose except providing the attribution required under the above-referenced Creative Comments license.

The Content and the Marks may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes other than as expressly authorized herein without the prior written consent of the respective owners.

Right to Access Website; Restrictions

You may access this Website for your personal, noncommercial use. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from this Website or to use this Website for any unlawful or fraudulent activities.  You further agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “bots,” “spiders,” “offline readers,” etc., that accesses this Website in a manner that sends more requests to this Website’s servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional web browser, or that otherwise imposes burdens on our systems or circumvents any technological blockers to such activities that we may have put in place. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from this Website for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials. We reserve the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.

Warranty Disclaimer

This website is provided on an “as is” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied.  You expressly agree that your use of this website is at your sole risk.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we and our employees, agents, senior fellows, and licensors disclaim all warranties, representations, conditions, and guarantees of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties, representations, conditions, or guarantees of quality, merchantability, accuracy and completeness, fitness for a particular purpose, uninterrupted or error-free service, or non-infringement.

 Limitations of Liability

In no event will we or our employees or agents, or any of our senior fellows or licensors, be liable to you for any: (a) errors, omissions, mistakes, or inaccuracies, or (b) personal injury or property damage of any nature whatsoever resulting from your access to and/or use of this website, (c) bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through this website by any third party, (d) loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of or reliance on anything posted or otherwise made available via this website, or the use of or reliance on third party websites that are linked from this website, (e) indirect, incidental, special, consequential damages, exemplary damages, loss of profits, business interruption, reputational harm, or loss of data (even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages or such damages are foreseeable) or any other damages of any kind whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence) or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of or inability to use this website, or (f) direct damages in excess of (in the aggregate) fifty U.S. Dollars ($50.00) based on any causes of action arising out of use of this website.  The foregoing limitations of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Indemnification

You agree to release, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us and our employees, agents, Senior Fellows and licensors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees) arising from: (a) your use of and/or access to this Website; (b) your violation of any term of these Terms of Use; or (c) your violation of any third party right or any applicable law, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right. This release, defense, indemnification, and hold harmless obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of this Website.

Ability to Accept Terms of Use

You affirm that you have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use.

General

These Terms of Use shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Virginia, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or dispute that arises in whole or in part from this Website shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Arlington County, Virginia. These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by us on this Website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us concerning this Website. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction. YOU AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

Last Updated: 4/17/2025