by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in the The American Spectator Louisiana Senator Russell Long famously explained how most people feel about taxes: “Don’t tax you; don’t tax me; tax that fellow behind the tree.” It was an apt description of our natural desire to make other people pay for things we [...]
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As appearing in the California Globe PG&E plan to cut power on windy days could leave millions in the dark, without power Following the devastating California wildfires of 2018, Pacific Gas and Electric recently announced it will cut power this summer to electricity customers on [...]
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As appearing in the California Globe Another regulatory onslaught aimed at California’s oil and gas industry California’s top environmental regulator, California Air Resources Board Chairwoman Mary Nichols, has stepped up the state’s war against the Trump Administration, as well as the state’s residents by threatening [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in the Daily Sentinel George Bernard Shaw once quipped, "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." That could apply to the famous 2009 meeting between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Pope Benedict XVI, after which she reported that [...]
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As appearing in the California Globe Indoor water use restrictions of 55 gallons per person, per day starting in 2020 Nearly one year ago, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed a pair of bills creating permanent residential water rationing standards throughout the state of California. Senate Bill [...]
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As appearing in the California Globe Gov. Newsom wants to know why CA gas is so high California’s high gas prices are behind the spike in the national average cost of a gallon of gas. California’s average price of $4.096 is up 44 cents from [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in the Daily Sentinel During the 2008 presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee, made a campaign appearance in Pueblo, Colorado. He was asked about western water issues — as national candidates invariably are when visiting the Centennial State — and his answer baffled [...]
by Kaylee McGhee Liberty Headlines As congressional Republicans struggle to reach consensus on whether to pursue a climate-change policy in response to socialist legislation like the Green New Deal, some are urging the party not to address it at all. Citing President Donald Trump’s commitment to rolling back burdensome, Obama-era environmental regulations, a pro-energy group [...]
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As appearing in the California Globe ‘The earth is not dying, it is being killed’ An environmental group aligned with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo just published a map of the “Names and Locations of the Top 100 People Killing the Planet,” a serious violation [...]
For Immediate Release: April 30, 2019 Contact: [email protected] 202-810-2001 E&E Action Sends "The Plan is...No Plan!" to Congress Urging that the Best Course of Action on Climate is to do Nothing Feeling Left Out, Some Republicans are Creating their Own "Green New Deal-Light," Which Is Bad for the Country, Bad for the Economy, and Bad [...]
