On August 7, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher was a panelist at one of the Heartland Institute's Energy First Conference held in New Orleans, LA. Walcher was one of three panelists on a session, Climate Lawsuits Against Energy Companies And The Government. As the panel description explained, "Environmental activists are losing the public debate, [...]
On August 7, Craig Richardson was a panelist at one of the Heartland Institute's Energy First Conference held in New Orleans, LA. Richardson was one of three panelists on a session, Fiduciary Malpractice: The ‘Sustainable’ Investment Movement. As the panel description explained, "Environmental activists are gaining voting power to convince corporations and universities to divest from [...]
E&E Legal signed on to a letter coordinated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) to Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to bring up a resolution that would severely hurt the U.S. economy. Nearly twenty other free-market organizations signed onto the letter. The letter begins: We write you today to respectfully [...]
E&E Legal joined more than 20 other free market organizations in a letter to President Trump encouraging him to end the 'Kigali Amendment.' The letter, which was organized by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), began: Twenty-two free-market, conservative, consumer, and sound science organizations sent a letter to President Trump on July 2 opposing the Kigali Amendment and [...]
E&E Legal signed on to a letter coordinated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) to Heidi King, Deputy Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in support of the NHTSA proposed CAFE standards. The letter begins: Our organizations endorse good governance through policies that promote free markets and enable consumer choice. In that light, we write today [...]
E&E Legal signed on to a letter coordinated by American Energy Alliance (AEA) to Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to bring up a Sense of Congress resolution that states a carbon tax would be harmful to the U.S. economy. Nearly twenty other free-market organizations signed onto the letter. Read more.
CEI Blog Post On July 2, CEI published a coalition letter it coordinated and sent President Donald Trump urging his Administration to Reject the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. The letter began: The undersigned free market, conservative, consumer, and sound science organizations urge you to reject the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. This [...]
by Marlo Lewis Competitive Enterprise Institute E&E Legal joined the joint comment letter Public policy analysts from 20 free-market organizations, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, today filed a joint comment letter in support of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s proposal to repeal the Obama administration’s so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP). “We strongly support repeal of the [...]
Today, E&E Legal joined the Heartland Institute and numerous other free market groups on letter to President Trump in support of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Administrator Pruitt is the target of a well-orchestrated smear campaign by leftwing groups and individuals unhappy with his effectiveness at eliminating economy and job killing regulations that do nothing [...]
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI ) filed suit against the United States Department of State, keying off of a damning email obtained previously by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), to force this agency that is still stonewalling about the Paris climate treaty to release documents about how the Obama [...]
