by Stephen Dinan The Washington Times For a decade, he has used open-records laws to pry loose some of the EPA’s secrets. Now Christopher Horner is on the inside, part of President-elect Donald Trump’s landing team at the Environmental Protection Agency, preparing the way for the next administration. Perhaps no issue will see a greater [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in Frontpage Mag California Gov. Jerry Brown wants President Barack Obama to permanently ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in the state – except of course, on Brown’s personal land. In an attempt to lock in environmental protections before President-Elect Donald Trump takes office in January, [...]
by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing in Canada Free Press In a fiery speech to the American Geophysical Union conference, California Governor Brown continued his quest regarding climate change, but has apparently revealed a chink in his armor. He threatened incoming President Trump that California will go it’s own way [...]
by Kevin Bogardus E&E News reporter Christopher Horner, a relentless hunter of U.S. EPA documents, is now allowed inside the agency's walls. Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, is a member of President-elect Donald Trump's agency landing team for EPA, the transition team announced Friday. As part of the landing team, Horner [...]
by Darren Barbee Heart Energy After years of discord and conflict with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the oil and gas industry may finally have a ringer headed to the director’s chair at the agency. Oklahoma Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt, named by President-elect Donald Trump to head the agency, is in tight with companies such [...]
by Craig E. Richardson, E&E Legal President As Appearing in The Hill America needs to develop its natural resources within a framework of policies that protect the Earth through wise stewardship of the land. While the past eight years have yielded a windfall of policies, there has been little wisdom attached to them. Take for [...]
by Robin Bravender E&E News reporter Environmentalists are preparing for war against President-elect Donald Trump's reported pick for U.S. EPA administrator, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt... Energy & Environment Legal Institute President Craig Richardson also welcomed Pruitt's selection and encouraged him to "gear up for battle" because "draining the EPA swamp will be met with [...]
by Charlie Passut NGI's Shale Daily Oklahoma Attorney General (AG) Scott Pruitt, considered an ally to the fossil fuel industry -- and a longtime critic of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its alleged regulatory overreach -- has been selected by President-elect Trump to lead the agency... Energy & Environment Legal Institute President Craig [...]
“We are delighted with President-elect Trump’s selection of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Pruitt has led the charge in recent years to confront head on the enormous federal regulatory overreach proposed by the EPA as epitomized by the Clean Power Plan and Waters of the U.S. [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has agreed to drop its lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (VA OAG) seeking records pertaining to that office's participation in the New York AG Eric Schneiderman-led campaign against political opponents of the "climate" agenda. This follows the Virginia AG's release of unredacted documents it had been [...]
