by Lachlan Markay Washington Free Beacon An environmental consulting firm that has secretly worked behind the scenes to support Environmental Protection Agency regulations released a study on Wednesday declaring one of the agency’s most controversial regulations sound. M.J. Bradley & Associates released an analysis of the EPA’s regulations on carbon emissions from existing power plants [...]
by Ann Purvis Heartland Institute After fighting a request for information for several months, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) responded to a subpoena from Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. In June 2015, NOAA published a study in the journal Science claiming newly recalibrated temperature data adjusted to reflect [...]
by Nancy Smith Sunshine State News Some time ago I had an epiphany about climate change. I came to realize it's not so much that conservatives don't buy into it, it's that they don't trust a word out of the mouth of the Obama Administration's lawless, monster of an Environmental Protection Agency. The agency has [...]
Wall Street Journal Opinion States and businesses are suing to stop the Obama Administration’s anticarbon Clean Power Plan, and now they have new evidence to seek a preliminary injunction. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute has obtained government emails that show the EPA secretly worked with environmental lobbyists to craft its Clean Power Plan regulating [...]
by Kimberley A. Strassel Wall Street Journal Some scandals come on fast, and some creep up on Washington. The slow-rolling outrage of 2015—Obama administration secrecy—received a small correction in this week’s omnibus budget bill, but it deserves far more attention. It’s time for the federal government to come back on the grid. A steady drip [...]
by Kenneth Artz Heartland Institute New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) is investigating ExxonMobil over allegations the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change and to investors about how such risks might hurt the oil business. The state’s 1921 Martin Act gives New York’s attorney general (AG) sweeping power [...]
by Bonner Cohen Heartland Institute An obscure, Maryland-based environmental group that has pocketed tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money over the past 14 years is at the center of a congressional investigation after posting a letter on its website urging President Barack Obama to use racketeering statutes against those questioning predictions of an [...]
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 The lead stories on television read in a haunting monotone by familiar anchors declare if we don't do something immediately, mankind could cease to exist, and despite the warnings, it may already be too late. Scientists all agree this climate phenomenon is irreversible and the consequences are devastating! And what [...]
by Larry Bell Newsmax Information obtained by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (EE Legal) through state and federal Freedom of Information Act public record requests reveal a richly funded and closely coordinated network including the White House, governors-in-hiding and “green energy” subsidy seekers to advance the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The full report [...]
