by Eugene Slaven Center for Freedom and Prosperity As congressional committees, journalists, and intelligence officials investigate the extent of Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections, one important aspect that has thus far been overlooked is Russia’s financial ties to powerful anti-fracking and anti-oil lobbies in the United States.1 The evidence is overwhelming, even if the [...]
Craig Richardson, president of the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announcement today regarding its plans to rescind the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule: “Earlier this year, President Trump took a significant step in returning [...]
by E&E Legal's Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As Appearing in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Last fall, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law requiring his state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels. That ratchets the state’s already severe limits down even tighter, now requiring a reduction to levels [...]
Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XV Spring 2017. Click headlines for the full article. Nixing the Paris climate pact by Chris Horner, Senior Legal Fellow, as appearing in the Washington Times Recent media reports suggest a conflict within the Trump White House over whether to keep the president’s campaign [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller A conservative legal group said Wednesday that elements within the Trump administration are hiding evidence showing government officials coordinated with outside lobbying groups while negotiating aspects of the Paris agreement on climate change. Attorneys for the Department of State filed court documents Monday in response to an E&E Legal’s open records [...]
For Immediate Release: June 21, 2017 Contact: Craig Richardson info@eelegal.org 202-810-2001 State Department Attempts to Change Rules in Response to E&E Legal Suit in order to Avoid Releasing Requested Paris Treaty Records Washington, D.C. – Yesterday Attorneys for the State Department filed a brief in response to the Energy & Environment Legal Insitute's (E&E Legal's) May Motion for Summary Judgment with the [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Washington Times It’s great news the Trump administration is starting to dismantle the junk science life-support system for government overregulation. Budget cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and reforms of science advisory panels at the Department of Interior and EPA, stir hope [...]
For Immediate Release: June 19, 2017 Contact: Craig Richardson info@eelegal.org 202-810-2001 E&E Legal Files a Motion to Renew and Reargue with New York Supreme Court Concerning OAG FOIL Case Over Revelation of AG Efforts to Hide Schneiderman Use of Private E-mail New York, NY – Late last week, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), acting on newly revealed information about [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller News Foundation Court documents show that the attorney general involved in a year-long probe targeting ExxonMobil’s climate records used a private email address to conduct official business. Conservative legal group Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) explained in court documents Friday that New York AG Eric Schneiderman submitted a privilege [...]
by Robert Gordon The Daily Signal Does the Environmental Protection Agency care more about its image than it does about the environment? Its behavior in response to the massive 2015 Gold King Mine disaster in Colorado would suggest a very clear “yes.” The Environmental Protection Agency is hiding its incredible recklessness in the affair by [...]
