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 [...]
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 Sean Moran Breitbart West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey slammed Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV) in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, arguing that “it’s clear Evan Jenkins has not abandoned his Democratic past.” Breitbart News revealed in an exclusive report last Wednesday that Congressman Jenkins originally denied and then admitted to sending a letter [...]
by Sean Moran Breitbart A separate report suggests that the letter was allegedly written by a Volvo lobbyist, but Jenkins claims that the lobbyist-drafted letter is different than the one he admits to circulating. Steve Milloy, a Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team member, details in a report on his blog that Congressman Jenkins circulated a [...]
by Alex Newman The New American America's hostile foreign enemies and large swaths of the U.S. “environmental” movement have something in common — and according to a new congressional report, it may be more than a coincidence. A stunning investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology uncovered evidence that Russian agents [...]
by Chris White Daily Caller An anti-oil California billionaire poured half a million dollars into one of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s favorite educational programs shortly before the city announced lawsuits against energy companies, according to documents The Daily Caller News Foundation obtained. Tom Steyer provided Schaaf with a $500,000 donation to Oakland Promise Generation Fund and [...]
On February 21, E&E Legal President Craig Richardson joined Conservative Commando Radio hosts Sharron Angle and Rick Trader. Richardson discussed his recent op-ed, and how the Rockefeller Foundation and other green benefactors are using elected officials and the court system to shake down fossil fuel companies.
by Mitchell Kirk Pharos-Tribune Regulations in Cass County fall short of ones an advocate of wind turbine zoning says are necessary for health, safety and welfare. Kevon Martis, former vice chairman of the Riga Township Planning Commission in southeastern Michigan's Lenawee County, addressed a crowd of about 230 in the Community Center at the Cass [...]
by Craig Richardson, E&E Legal President As Appearing in The Daily Caller It used to be that responsible liberal politicians made at least a token effort to distance themselves from extremist environmentalists and their efforts to shutter America’s energy industry manufacturing jobs. But these times definitely have changed and fringe “green” activists funded by deep, even foreign [...]
On January 8, ExxonMobil filed a petition seeking pre-suit depositions of a number of municipal authorities who have sued that company, and many others, as well as green industry activists who were also involved in the Attorneys General Climate-RICO Scam uncovered by E&E Legal in 2016. With the AG-RICO shakedown campaign all but shut down in [...]
