H. Sterling Burnett Heartlander Magazine The Energy and Environment Legal Institute has requested multiple investigations into the Sierra Club. The filings have put the Sierra Club on the defensive. Violating Election Laws? In one action, EELI has requested the Federal Election Commission investigate the Sierra Club for potential federal and state financial disclosure violations. The [...]
Jean Chemnick E&E reporter Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans released emails between the Natural Resources Defense Council and U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy that they say show the group and agency colluded on a proposal for curbing greenhouse gases from power plants... Also today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute and the Free [...]
For Immediate Release: October 14, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org WATCHDOG ORGANIZATIONS REQUEST EPA INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATE COLLUSION, IMPACT ON GHG RULES Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic request EPA IG investigate undue “green” lobby group influence on major EPA regulations Washington, D.C. - Following in the footsteps of a [...]
by Kelsey Harkness The Daily Signal Republican lawmakers say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enjoys a “beyond cozy” relationship with a liberal environmental action group that seeks to reshape national energy policies in a way that would hurt American businesses and families. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works [...]
by Chad Groening One News Now The Energy & Environment Legal Institute has sent a letter to Federal Election Commission chair Lee Goodman, asking the FEC to investigate potential federal and state financial disclosure violations by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club recently was implicated in a $1 million ad buy aimed at smearing and defeating [...]
by Daniel Bush E&E Reporter A right-leaning legal institute is asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate Sierra Club Independent Action's political spending in Iowa, where the group is working to defeat Republican Senate nominee Joni Ernst. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute has accused the Sierra Club of funneling money to its super political [...]
For Immediate Release: October 2, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org E&E Legal Asks FEC Chairman to Investigate Sierra Club Concerning the Group’s Latest Smear Ad in Iowa Senate Race for Potential Campaign Disclosure Law Violations; E&E Legal Also Files Addendum to IRS Referral Regarding Additional Possible Tax Law Violations Washington, D.C. – Today the Energy [...]
ElectricityPolicy.com A nonprofit watchdog, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, has filed a document with the IRS alleging that the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Foundation are violating nonprofit tax laws, a charge the environmental groups vehemently denied. The institute, known as E&E Legal, said Sierra Club organizations are in potential noncompliance with IRS [...]
by Steven Keeler Mukilteo Beacon E&E LEGAL FILES REFERRAL WITH IRS REGARDING SIERRA CLUB AND SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION TAX LAW VIOLATIONS — Washington, D.C. – Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed a formal referral with the Internal Revenue Service alleging the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Foundation are in potential [...]
Libusters.com Blog About two years ago David Horowitz wrote a book titled “The New Leviathan: How the Left-Wing Money Machine Shapes American Politics and Threatens America’s Future.” In it he claims that “on environmental issues, the count is 553 liberal groups against 32 conservative ones, and the left has 462 times the funding of the [...]
