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28 03, 2017

Milloy and Richardson’s Statements on President Trump’s Energy Independence & Climate Change Policy Executive Order Signing

2017-03-28T14:27:06-04:00March 28th, 2017|"Climate Change", Announcement, Clean Power Plan, EPA, Milloy, Press Releases, Richardson|

E&E Legal's Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow, and Craig Richardson, President, issued the following statements regarding President Trump's signing of today's energy independence and climate change policy executive order: Steve Milloy: President Trump did Americans a great service today by issuing his executive order on the Clean Power Plan (CPP). By putting the brakes on the CPP, President [...]

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3 03, 2017

New American: Trump Orders EPA Review of “Horrible” Obama Water Decree

2017-03-04T15:05:15-05:00March 3rd, 2017|Announcement, Media Coverage, Richardson, WOTUS|

by Alex Newman New American President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday ordering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review and reconsider the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) regulation, a radical decree issued by the Obama administration purporting to regulate virtually all water and much of the land across America. While [...]

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28 02, 2017

Richardson’s Statement on President Trump’s Waters of the United States Executive Order Signing

2017-02-28T17:47:22-05:00February 28th, 2017|Announcement, EPA, Press Releases, Richardson, WOTUS|

Craig Richardson, president of the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, issued the following statement regarding President Trump's signing of an executive order instructing that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule: President Donald Trump broke down a major barrier to economic [...]

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17 02, 2017

Biodiesel Magazine: Amid controversy, Pruitt confirmed as US EPA administrator

2017-03-04T14:28:48-05:00February 17th, 2017|Announcement, EPA, Media Coverage, Richardson|

by Anna Simet and Ron Kotrba Biodiesel Magazine In a 54-46 vote, Scott Pruitt has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as administrator of the U.S. EPA. President Donald J. Trump nominated Pruitt—arguably the most controversial of Trump’s cabinet nominees—as EPA administrator in early December. Pruitt was attorney general of Oklahoma since November 2010. Prior to [...]

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17 02, 2017

Statement on the Confirmation of OK Attorney General Scott Pruitt As EPA Administrator

2017-02-17T13:30:39-05:00February 17th, 2017|Announcement, EPA, Press Releases, Richardson, Transition|

Craig Richardson, president of the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, issued the following statement regarding the confirmation of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: America’s manufacturers, energy producers, farmers, ranchers, small business owners, and families have reason to celebrate today’s confirmation of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the next Administrator of the [...]

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7 12, 2016

Statement on President-Elect Trump’s Selection of OK Attorney General Scott Pruitt As EPA Administrator

2016-12-07T15:29:45-05:00December 7th, 2016|Announcement, EPA, Press Releases, Richardson, Transition|

“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. [...]

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6 12, 2016

E&E Daily: Trump packs EPA team with climate rule foes

2017-03-04T14:41:43-05:00December 6th, 2016|Announcement, Media Coverage, Schnare, Transition|

by Robin Bravender E&E News reporter The Trump transition team has filled out the ranks of its energy and environmental agency landing teams with fierce critics of major climate regulations. After a slow start in getting transition teams up and running inside energy and environmental agencies, the transition announced a slew of new team members [...]

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5 12, 2016

Statement By E&E Legal General Counsel David W. Schnare Re: His Appointment to EPA Landing Team

2016-12-06T15:43:13-05:00December 5th, 2016|Announcement, Press Releases, Schnare, Trump Transition|

The President-Elect’s Transition team named me and others to the EPA Transition Landing Team today.  This will upset some of you and will please others.  My approach, and that of the entire transition team, is to be highly professional as we seek the information the transition team needs to create its action plans.  Our job [...]

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27 06, 2016

E&E Legal Mourns the Passing of Board Member Kelly Mader

2016-06-27T10:15:51-04:00June 27th, 2016|Announcement, Mader, Schnare|

Statement by Board Chair and General Counsel David W. Schnare: It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our Board Member and good friend Kelly Mader last Friday. Kelly was a family man first and foremost, dedicating his life to his wife, children, and grandchildren, as well as possessing a strong [...]

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14 04, 2016

E&E News: Critic of wind power joins conservative legal group

2016-05-05T13:12:03-04:00April 14th, 2016|Announcement, Martis, Media Coverage, Schnare|

by Kevin Bogardus E&E reporter The Energy & Environment Legal Institute has added an opponent of wind energy to its ranks. Kevon Martis has joined the conservative-leaning group as a senior policy fellow. Martis is the founder and executive director of the Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition, where he campaigned against the building of industrial wind [...]

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