Fox News: Green New Deal rollout rattles both sides of climate change debate
On February 23, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow joined Fox News to discuss the Green New Deal.
23 02, 2019
22 02, 2019
Walcher: Ode to a butterfly
by E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel Observing a monarch butterfly in the 1850s, Emily Dickinson wrote about its apparently aimless flitting, "Repairing everywhere, without design that I could trace, except to stray abroad on miscellaneous enterprise, the clovers understood." She knew butterflies were somewhat mysterious. They still are. Someone [...]
20 02, 2019
Bloomberg: ‘Climate Security’ Panel May Give White House Skeptics New Voice
by Ari Natter , Christopher Flavelle , and Jennifer A Dlouhy Bloomberg The White House is considering establishing a presidential committee to assess the consensus of scientists and the Pentagon that climate change poses a national security threat, according to a person familiar with the plan. The move, being spearheaded by William Happer, a physicist [...]
19 02, 2019
Los Angeles Times: Scientist says some pollution is good for you — a disputed claim Trump’s EPA has embraced
by Susanne Rust Los Angeles Times In early 2018, a deputy assistant administrator in the EPA, Clint Woods, reached out to a Massachusetts toxicologist best known for pushing a public health standard suggesting that low levels of toxic chemicals and radiation are good for people. “I wanted to check to see if you might have [...]
16 02, 2019
Richardson Joins NH’s ‘The Advocates’ to Discuss the ‘Green New Deal’
On Saturday, February 16, 2019, E&E Legal President Craig Richardson joined NH's The Advocates, broadcast on NewsTalk 1350 & 103.3FM, to discuss the 'Green New Deal.'
15 02, 2019
Walcher: What exactly is a species?
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel For 50 years, Americans have spent untold resources worrying, arguing, regulating, and litigating, over "endangered species." You might think by now we have a clear understanding of those two simple words. We do not. Experts often disagree on whether something is [...]
15 02, 2019
Liberty Headlines: Federal Court Sides with Trump Over Banning Obama’s EPA Cronies
by Michael Barnes Liberty Headlines A federal district court for the District of Columbia has upheld the Trump administration’s crackdown on cronyism within the Environmental Protection Agency. Tuesday’s ruling in the case Physicians for Social Responsibility vs. Wheeler was a big win for the Trump administration—but the case is far from settled, said Steve Milloy, a [...]
15 02, 2019
Daily Caller: Why Was liberal Billionaire Tom Steyer so Quiet About his Support for the Green New Deal?
by Chris White The Daily Caller Billionaire Tom Steyer is keeping a low profile with respect to his support for the Democratic Party’s Green New Deal. It’s an unusual position for one of the environmentalist movement’s biggest advocates. Steyer has stayed mum on an all-encompassing climate resolution that promises to completely remake the American economy. [...]
13 02, 2019
New American: Court Gives Trump EPA Victory Over Soros-funded Group
by James Murphy The New American On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld a Trump-era EPA rule that disqualifies scientists in receipt of grants from the EPA from holding any advisory position in the agency. During the Obama administration, many scientists given those highly coveted advisory positions were also being [...]
13 02, 2019
Richardson: A Last Hurrah for de Blasio’s Energy Company Shakedown and White House Aspirations
by E&E Legal Craig Richardson As appearing on Townhall.com This week may well mark the last hurrah for both a rumored run for the presidency by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his high-profile lawsuit against five energy producers. Last January, New York City joined several other municipalities in filing lawsuits against major [...]