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21 03, 2016

E&E Legal’s Statement RE: D.C. Circuit Court’s Decision to Deny Brief Illustrating Extensive Collusion Between EPA and Green Groups in Writing Clean Power Plan

2016-03-21T18:47:30-04:00March 21st, 2016|Clean Power Plan, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Scandal, Schnare, War on Coal|

The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal) is extremely disappointed that the DC Circuit three judge panel refused to consider whether the EPA was improperly influenced by so called 'green' groups when the agency put forth the Clean Power Plan (CPP) that intended to "bankrupt" coal power plants and eliminate coal miners jobs throughout [...]

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26 02, 2016

Tribune-Review: Clean power: Dirty plan

2016-02-29T17:42:54-05:00February 26th, 2016|Clean Power Plan, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Scandal|

by Tribune-Review New documentation released by an energy advocacy group shows special interests surreptitiously influenced the formulation of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. Culled from Freedom of Information requests, emails show that Michael Goo, a former administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency, used a private email account to collaborate with environmentalists. What's alleged by [...]

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22 02, 2016

Washington Times: Clean Power Plan reset sought after emails show collaboration bewteen EPA, greens

2016-02-23T11:55:16-05:00February 22nd, 2016|111d, Clean Power Plan, Conflict of Interest, EPA, Green Groups, Horner, Media Coverage, Scandal, Schnare, Transparency|

by Valerie Richardson Washington Times A pro-energy advocacy group is seeking to incinerate the Clean Power Plan after releasing more emails showing a key Environmental Protection Agency official collaborating behind the scenes with leading environmental activists. In a 20-page report released Monday, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute chronicles another round of communications between environmentalists [...]

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22 02, 2016

Grimes: How To Make A California Slush Fund Even Slushier

2016-12-11T17:07:22-05:00February 22nd, 2016|Cap & Trade, Conflict of Interest, Grimes, Media Coverage, Scandal|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As appearing in the Flash Report While the state of California is extracting billions of dollars from businesses and utilities through the California Air Resources Board’s cap-and-trade program auctions, the Legislature can’t decide how to spend the billions. Instead, lawmakers have been arguing over how to direct [...]

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22 02, 2016

EnergyWire: Group [E&E Legal] tells court EPA took ‘marching orders’ from lobbyists

2016-12-11T17:07:22-05:00February 22nd, 2016|111d, Clean Power Plan, Conflict of Interest, EPA, Green Groups, Horner, Manipulation, Media Coverage, Scandal, Schnare, Transparency|

by Ellen M. Gilmer EnergyWire Reporter As a throng of challengers file legal briefs criticizing the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan as overreaching and unconstitutional, one group is stepping forward with a simpler, but serious, allegation: U.S. EPA let lobbyists write the rule. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute told the U.S. Court of Appeals [...]

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22 02, 2016

Daily Caller: ‘Captured’: EPA Let Green Lobbyists Write Its Global Warming Regs

2016-02-22T17:24:44-05:00February 22nd, 2016|111d, Clean Power Plan, DOE, GHG Rule, Green Groups, Horner, Manipulation, Media Coverage, Scandal, Transparency|

by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller The Obama administration basically let lobbyists tied to left-wing environmental groups write the government’s massive global warming regulatory scheme, according to documents obtained by a free market legal group. Attorneys with the Energy & Environment Legal Foundation (E&E) released a report Monday calling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a “captured” [...]

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22 02, 2016

Press Release: E&E Legal Files Motion, Brief, Releases Report: FOIA’d Emails Show Lobbyists-EPA Staff Co-wrote GHG Regulatory Options Using Personal Email Accounts

2016-12-11T17:07:22-05:00February 22nd, 2016|Clean Power Plan, EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Horner, Press Releases, Report, Scandal, Transparency|

For Immediate Release: February 22, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 E&E Legal Files Motion, Brief, Publishes Report: Dozens of New FOIA’d Emails Show Lobbyists Allowed by EPA to Co-write GHG Regulatory Options on Senior Official’s Yahoo Email Account Group asks Court in GHG litigation to consider top Policy Office Official use of private account [...]

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10 02, 2016

Press Release: U.S. Supreme Court Stays Obama Clean Power Plan;
E&E Legal Part of Coalition Seeking Stay

2016-02-10T09:23:09-05:00February 10th, 2016|"Climate Change", Clean Power Plan, Coalitions, Green Groups, Press Releases, Scandal, Schnare, U.S. Supreme Court|

For Immediate Release: February 10, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 202-785-8301 U.S. Supreme Court Stays Obama Clean Power Plan;
E&E Legal Part of Coalition Seeking Stay Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay halting enforcement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) recent efforts to shut down coal-fired power plants in the United States. The rule, [...]

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27 01, 2016

Free Beacon: Emails Show Steyer-EPA Coordination to Undermine Agency Critics

2016-01-29T13:05:45-05:00January 27th, 2016|Billionaire Scammers, EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Horner, Media Coverage, Scandal, Steyer, Transparency|

by Lachlan Markay The Washington Free Beacon The business arm of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer’s political advocacy network worked behind the scenes with senior administration officials to undermine a study by a federally commissioned group that criticized environmental regulations, internal emails show. Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a Steyer-funded trade association, briefed senior administration officials on [...]

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20 01, 2016

Greenwire: Conservative groups sue Interior for stream rule documents

2016-01-20T19:03:42-05:00January 20th, 2016|"Climate Change", FME Law, Green Groups, Scandal, Suits, Transparency|

by Dylan Brown E&E reporter Conservative advocacy groups sued the Obama administration yesterday for internal communications regarding how the Interior Department developed a proposal to increase protections for streams near coal mines. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute and Free Market Environmental Law Clinic are seeking all email and text message correspondence during certain time [...]

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