by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt weighed in on an issue the Trump administration has been silent on since taking the reins of government in January. Pruitt said the Paris climate agreement was “a bad deal” that should have been treated by the Obama administration as a treaty, instead [...]
by Chris Horner, E&E Legal 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 promise “to cancel the Paris Climate Agreement,” the successor to the rejected Kyoto Protocol. President Trump also promised to roll Barack Obama’s controversial [...]
by Hannah Hess E&E News Reporter A conservative free market group sued the State Department yesterday for records related to possible involvement by environmental advocacy groups in the department's efforts to collaborate with China on climate during the Obama administration. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller A government watchdog is suing the Department of State for records it believes point to collusion between Obama administration officials, environmentalists and the Chinese to keep the “climate gravy train chugging” after the administration ended. The Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) sued the Trump administration Monday for ignoring a Freedom of [...]
by John Siciliano Washington Examiner The Trump administration is being sued for records that conservative groups believe will reveal attempts by green activists and China to thwart actions by the new administration to exit from last year's Paris climate change deal. Two conservative free-market groups, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute and Free Market Environmental [...]
by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow This week, reports suggest that President Obama will purport to join the other nations, from North Korea to Norway with others in between that have already ratified the Paris Climate Treaty — as required by their respective systems for treaty commitments — and claim to unilaterally “Accept” [...]
by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow This week, reports suggest that President Obama will purport to join the other nations, from North Korea to Norway with others in between that have already ratified the Paris Climate Treaty — as required by their respective systems for treaty commitments — and claim to unilaterally “Accept” [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller Environmentalist lawyers have been pushing a legal theory that would give the Environmental Protection Agency cover to regulate every facet of state energy policy — effectively eliminating state’s authority to craft their own regulations. “Buried in the Clean Air Act is an extremely powerful mechanism that effectively gives EPA carte [...]
by Craig Richardson Executive Director In a makeshift convention hall adjacent to the UN's official site for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop 21), NGOs, and corporate sponsors showed off the latest 'sustainable' technologies and had other fancy presentations in display areas. One such exhibit included a charging station that featured seats where [...]
by Craig Richardson Executive Director Yesterday, December 9, I went to the UN's 2015 Paris Climate Conference - COP 21, which is being held in a suburb of France's capital city. I interviewed E&E Legal's Senior Legal Fellow Chris Horner, who is a veteran of these UN climate conferences, and he provided some excellent analysis of the Paris summit thus [...]
