by Chris White Daily Caller A conservative legal group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to obtain the private email conversations of one of the attorney generals leading an investigation into ExxonMobil’s climate history. E&E Legal petitioned the New York Supreme Court for New York AG Eric Schneiderman’s private Gmail account to determine how many lawmen are [...]
by Amena H. Saiyid Bloomberg BNA Scientists who have received EPA grants to the “tune of literally tens of millions of dollars” won’t be allowed to serve on the agency’s advisory boards, Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Oct. 17. The goal of this directive, which Pruitt will issue next week, is to ensure that the scientific [...]
New York, NY - The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) today filed a petition with the New York Supreme Court, in its ongoing attempt to obtain public records relating to Schneiderman's “climate-RICO” scheme from which nearly all former AG colleagues have fled after open records requests threatened to expose the use of law enforcement offices [...]
Washington, D.C. - The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) applauds U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt for his Agency's decision to end the practice known as “Sue and Settle." Way too much environmental policy making in recent years was conducted through this practice, which sought to circumvent the proper legislative and regulatory processes. [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Wall Street Journal The Obama EPA claimed its regulation would have a $55 billion payoff. You’ll never believe how. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed repeal of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan is a milestone. No Republican administration has ever mustered the courage [...]
by April McCullum Burlington Free Press Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan is seeking to limit the public's ability to inquire about government records stored on personal email accounts, a move he says will preserve the privacy of officials across the state. In a case that could have broad implications for government transparency in Vermont, Donovan [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in The Daily Sentinel The front-page headline screamed in 40-point type: “EPA chief Pruitt met with many corporate execs. Then he made decisions in their favor.” A rare two-sentence headline! The Washington Post has broken the ultimate scandal, perhaps eclipsing even its own now-legendary 1973 [...]
Washington, D.C. - In a press release today, the Vermont Office of Attorney General misrepresented legal pleadings, pleadings by which E&E Legal seeks enforcement of Vermont’s sunshine law to reveal "official records created by or in the custody of former employees", specifically described public records "which records relate to the Office of Attorney General." E&E Legal [...]
Washington, D.C. - The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) applauds U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt for his Agency's proposed repeal of the ‘Clean Power Plan’ rules on stationary energy generating sources. This proposed rule, implemented by the Obama administration, would have been disastrous to the U.S. economy, killing critical American jobs, putting the most [...]
by Erin Mundahl InsideSource As the year passes, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s case against ExxonMobil grinds on, slowly drawing in a broader circle of state officials outside of New York with questionable ties to the case. On Wednesday, Bill Sorrell, Vermont’s longest-serving Attorney General, was due at the courthouse in Burlington, Vermont. Sorrell’s [...]
