On June 27, E&E Legal President Craig Richardson appeared on the Joe Thomas In-the-Morning radio show to discuss the CA Federal District Court's decision to dismiss the shakedown lawsuits against leading energy companies. Listen here.
Craig Richardson, president of the Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), issued the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court of Northern California’s decision to dismiss the lawsuits filed against energy companies by the Cities of Oakland and San Francisco: Environmental front groups for billionaires intent on taking over this country’s energy [...]
by Craig Richardson, President The Daily Caller published an article yesterday that covered a memo showing Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmentalists, had a deep involvement in the attacks on ExxonMobil, despite the billionaire’s assertions to the contrary. The new memo indicates members of Fahr LLC, Next Gen, and TomKat Foundation met in November 2015 to [...]
Washington, D.C. – Craig Richardson, president of the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, issued the following statement in response to a hearing today in the Southern District of New York and a request by several energy companies to dismiss a climate change related lawsuit filed against them by New York City. Once again global elitists [...]
E&E Legal President Craig Richardson joined Terry Lowry's What's Up radio program to discuss the Left's shakedown efforts of large energy companies in a handful of municipalities. Listen now.
by Chris White Daily Caller A New York court ordered AG Eric Schneiderman Thursday to fork over public information about elements of his climate crusade to a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C. New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in a case involving a series of documents conservatives believe could reveal a [...]
by Anthony Watts Watts Up With That A state judge in Texas has left the door open for ExxonMobil to seek deposition testimony from many of the key players who are the driving force behind climate change lawsuits from local governments like San Francisco, Oakland, and New York City. Exxon is claiming it is the [...]
by Craig Richardson E&E Legal President The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) held a panel discussion last week that focused on a parade of local governments that have taken the energy industry to court to pay for damages stemming from climate change. It was a supposed to be a serious and sober affair – until David [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel A federal judge has ruled that the government must consider reducing mining in America's top coal-producing region, to fight climate change. Moreover, he ordered the Bureau of Land Management to work with the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and four [...]
by Todd Shepard Washington Free Beacon Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania summed up his climate plan as "the quieter the better" in a face-to-face meeting with billionaire activist Tom Steyer in 2017, according to emails from a source with knowledge of the meeting. The emails also show Wolf worried that jumping into a state-based [...]
