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Yearly Archives: 2016

21 09, 2016

Press Release: Vermont Superior Court Denies Attorney General’s Motion to Dismiss E&E Legal Open Records Suit, Orders Release; AG Produces Some Records, Withholds Most 

2016-12-11T17:06:59-05:00September 21st, 2016|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, FME Law, Inquisition, Press Releases, Richardson, War on Coal|

For Immediate Release: September 21, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 Washington, D.C - This week, the Superior Court of Washington County, Vermont denied an effort by the state's Attorney General to dismiss an open records lawsuit filed by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute. E&E Legal was compelled to file this suit when it received no cooperation [...]

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21 09, 2016

Tom Tanton’s Comments to the Federal Trade Commission on Solar Electricity

2016-09-21T12:37:17-04:00September 21st, 2016|Comments, Renewable Energy, Renewable Subsidies, Solar, Tanton|

On August 19, 2016, Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment, filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission regarding solar electricity (Project Number P161200). Following is a summary of those comments: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is examining competition and consumer protection issues raised by consumers’ growing use of rooftop solar panels to generate their [...]

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21 09, 2016

Blasting News: The connection between EPA regulations, green groups, and Ford’s move to Mexico

2016-09-21T12:02:46-04:00September 21st, 2016|EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency|

by Thomas Richard Blasting News Emails released yesterday by the E&E Legal Institute show how the EPA used ‘offline channels’ to work with anti-fossil fuel activists, environmental reporters, green groups, and lobbyists to craft global warming rules. E&E Legal (EELI) notes this back-channeling was used to thwart FOIA requests and federal recordkeeping laws as the [...]

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20 09, 2016

Schnare: When It Comes To Environmental Extremism, Anything Goes

2016-09-20T16:52:33-04:00September 20th, 2016|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Scandal, Schnare|

by Dr. David W. Schnare, E&E Legal General Counsel As Appearing in the Daily Caller The so called “green energy” movement is sinking to a new low in its fanatical mission to eradicate the use of fossil fuels in America. Two examples of this obsessive hostility and deception reveal just how far “green” activists are [...]

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20 09, 2016

Washington Times: Emails reveal collusion between EPA and green groups on crafting climate-change rules

2016-09-20T15:37:28-04:00September 20th, 2016|111d, Clean Power Plan, EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency|

by Valerie Richardson Washington Times A newly released cache of government emails offers more evidence of behind-the-scenes collusion between the Environmental Protection Agency and green groups in crafting greenhouse-gas regulations, including an effort by one green lobbyist to enlist the EPA in fundraising. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute issued a report Tuesday based on [...]

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20 09, 2016

Daily Caller: Top EPA Official Admitted His Yahoo Email Was A ‘Channel’ For ‘Offline Chats’ With Environmentalists

2016-09-20T14:38:36-04:00September 20th, 2016|Conflict of Interest, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Scandal, Uncategorized|

by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) former head of policy described his private email account as a “channel” for “offline chats” with left-wing environmental lobbyists, according to newly released emails. Former EPA Policy director Michael Goo wrote to an environmental lobbyist in 2011 “if you want to have an offline [...]

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20 09, 2016

Press Release: E&E Legal Releases Updated Report with New Emails and Video Detailing Extensive Collusion Between EPA and Green Activists in Writing 111(d), 111(b) Rules

2016-12-11T17:06:59-05:00September 20th, 2016|111d, Conflict of Interest, EPA, Green Groups, Press Releases, Report, Richardson, Scandal, Schnare, Transparency|

For Immediate Release: September 20, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 Washington, D.C. - Today, after a long-delayed, nearly 500-page document production from EPA last week, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) updated its report detailing the degree to which EPA worked with outside special interest groups such as the Sierra Club, Clean Air Task Force [...]

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19 09, 2016

Marcellus Drilling News: Obama EPA Official Called OMB “Dickheads” re Fracking Regs

2016-12-11T17:06:59-05:00September 19th, 2016|EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency|

Marcellus Drilling News A senior official in the Obama administration who works for the Environmental Protection Agency has a potty mouth. That’s probably the rule rather than the exception. However, this particular potty mouthed person–Michael Goo (formerly the EPA’s policy chief)–has been caught colluding with radical environmentalists at the nutty Sierra Club. Goo called some [...]

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16 09, 2016

Horner’s Appearance on Audrey Russo’s REELTalk Radio Program

2016-09-16T16:38:35-04:00September 16th, 2016|AG Collusion, Billionaire Scammers, Conflict of Interest, Horner, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, War on Coal|

On September 16, E&E Legal's Senior Legal Fellow Chris Horner discussed the ongoing scandal involving several Attorneys General and their attempt to shut down climate change dissent on Audrey Russo's REELTalk radio program.

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16 09, 2016

WSJ: New York AG Employs Powerful Law in Exxon Probe

2016-12-11T17:06:59-05:00September 16th, 2016|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Inquisition, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters|

by Christopher Matthews Wall Street Journal On first blush, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s probe into Exxon MobilCorp.’s accounting practices raises some questions. For instance, why is the top cop in New York investigating the Texas-based company’s financial disclosures, a job more commonly handled by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission? But Mr. Schneiderman [...]

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