Monthly Archives: August 2016

16 08, 2016

NewsMax: Daily Caller: Obama Administration Has $25M Secret in Environmental Lawsuits

2016-08-16T10:39:22-04:00August 16th, 2016|Conflict of Interest, E&E Legal v. EPA, Energy, EPA Collusion, Media Coverage, Suits|

by Jason Devaney NewsMax The U.S. government has kept the recipients of $25 million in legal fees stemming from environmental lawsuits a secret in the Obama administration, according to a new report. The Daily Caller News Foundation discovered that more than $49 million in public money has been paid to lawyers stemming from lawsuits pertaining [...]

12 08, 2016

Tribune-Review: Climate of silence: ‘Secret pact’

2016-12-11T17:07:16-05:00August 12th, 2016|AG Collusion, Common Interest Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Inquisition, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, War on Coal|

by Tribune-Review Editorial Board Those progressive attorneys general targeting skeptics of man-made climate change are, themselves, the subject of controversy over a “secret pact,” which has led to open-records lawsuits against some of them. The Energy and Environment Legal Institute and Free Market Environmental Law Clinic are suing the office of Rhode Island Attorney General [...]

12 08, 2016

Tribune-Review: Climate of silence: ‘Secret pact’

2016-12-11T17:07:16-05:00August 12th, 2016|AG Collusion, Common Interest Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Inquisition, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, War on Coal|

by Tribune-Review Editorial Board Those progressive attorneys general targeting skeptics of man-made climate change are, themselves, the subject of controversy over a “secret pact,” which has led to open-records lawsuits against some of them. The Energy and Environment Legal Institute and Free Market Environmental Law Clinic are suing the office of Rhode Island Attorney General [...]

12 08, 2016

Tanton: The Benefits & Costs of Net Metering: Brookings Gets It Wrong

2016-12-11T17:07:16-05:00August 12th, 2016|"Climate Change", Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, Renewable Energy, Tanton|

by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing in Real Clear Policy In the ever evolving yet mostly hidden world of electricity policy, the hot topic is “net metering.” Is it a policy whose time has come? Or is it an idea with deficiencies that need to be addressed? The Brookings [...]

12 08, 2016

Tanton: The Benefits & Costs of Net Metering: Brookings Gets It Wrong

2016-12-11T17:07:16-05:00August 12th, 2016|"Climate Change", Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, Renewable Energy, Tanton|

by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing in Real Clear Policy In the ever evolving yet mostly hidden world of electricity policy, the hot topic is “net metering.” Is it a policy whose time has come? Or is it an idea with deficiencies that need to be addressed? The Brookings [...]

11 08, 2016

Mandelbaum 8/11/16 Interview on the Steve Gruber Show

2016-12-11T17:07:16-05:00August 11th, 2016|AG Collusion, Common Interest Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Mandelbaum, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, War on Coal|

On August 11, E&E Legal's counsel Chaim Mandelbaum was a guest on Steve Gruber radio show. Mandelbaum discussed the "common interest agreement," a secrecy pact, that was signed by numerous attorneys general to hide from public records requests as they sought to silence climate change dissenters.  Click below to hear the interview. [podcast title="Mandelbaum Gruber Interview"]https://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Mandelbaum-Gruber-Show-Final-8-11-16.mp3[/podcast]

11 08, 2016

Mandelbaum 8/11/16 Interview on the Steve Gruber Show

2016-12-11T17:07:16-05:00August 11th, 2016|AG Collusion, Common Interest Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Mandelbaum, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, War on Coal|

On August 11, E&E Legal's counsel Chaim Mandelbaum was a guest on Steve Gruber radio show. Mandelbaum discussed the "common interest agreement," a secrecy pact, that was signed by numerous attorneys general to hide from public records requests as they sought to silence climate change dissenters.  Click below to hear the interview. [podcast title="Mandelbaum Gruber Interview"]https://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Mandelbaum-Gruber-Show-Final-8-11-16.mp3[/podcast]

10 08, 2016

Morning Consult: The Environmental Left’s Double Standard Game

2016-08-10T17:40:55-04:00August 10th, 2016|AG Collusion, Common Interest Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Inquisition, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, War on Coal|

by Matthew Whitaker Morning Consult In an effort to undermine the First Amendment by trying to criminalize political disagreement, chief legal officials from across the country are currently investigating individuals, groups, and businesses that challenge their views on climate change. But this campaign has hit a bit of a headwind recently as some of the [...]

10 08, 2016

NGI: Massachusetts AG Strikes Back at ExxonMobil in Fight Over Climate Change Probe

2016-08-10T16:50:48-04:00August 10th, 2016|AG Collusion, Common Interest Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, War on Coal|

by Carolyn Davis Natural Gas Intelligence ExxonMobil Corp.’s dispute with state attorneys general into the company’s climate change research is heating up, with a North Texas district court now holding a key in how the case moves forward. At the same time an industry group has charged the attorneys general coalition is politically directed at [...]

9 08, 2016

Tanton: Free Markets Work Best When Left Alone

2016-12-11T17:07:17-05:00August 9th, 2016|"Climate Change", Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, Renewable Energy, Tanton|

by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing in Political Vanguard Free Markets Work Best When Left Alone, there’s no need for SB32. The Legislature is back in session after a summer hiatus.  They’ve come back to some daunting challenges, many of those of their own making.  One of those [...]

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