by April McCullum Burlington Free Press Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan is seeking to limit the public's ability to inquire about government records stored on personal email accounts, a move he says will preserve the privacy of officials across the state. In a case that could have broad implications for government transparency in Vermont, Donovan [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in The Daily Sentinel The front-page headline screamed in 40-point type: “EPA chief Pruitt met with many corporate execs. Then he made decisions in their favor.” A rare two-sentence headline! The Washington Post has broken the ultimate scandal, perhaps eclipsing even its own now-legendary 1973 [...]
by Harry Cooper and Quentin Aires Politico Brussels “Follow the money” has become a well-rehearsed mantra used by lobbyists to question the integrity of civil society organizations. The latest attack comes from the U.S.-based Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E), which issued a report setting out the links between Fred Stanback, a American financier, and several [...]
by Brian McNicoll Townhall.com Ever notice how when people on the right speak about environmental issues, it’s always because they have been bought off by Big Oil or Big Coal or some other boogeyman, but when people on the left speak on these issues, it’s always seemingly out of the purest of motives? It turns [...]
Montpelier, VT - This morning, former Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell ignored rules of civil procedure and failed to appear for a properly noticed deposition to take his testimony regarding his use of private email accounts to conduct state business. The case is about uncovering a scheme, revealed by public records requests, involving multiple state [...]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) released new research that details how major environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) in the U.S. and U.K. are being funded by a few ultra-wealthy population control extremists in the United States. This new report from E&E Legal and the U.K. based Taxpayers’ Alliance details how [...]
by Susan Crabtree Washington Free Beacon The fight over a California state bill to create a $3 billion state subsidy program for electric vehicles, a potential boon for Tesla, is intensifying with the Senate set to take up the measure Monday. Conservatives this week criticized environmentalist activist Tom Steyer for backing the bill, which would [...]
by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As appearing in Flash Report Much has been said already about the betrayal by Assembly Republican leader Chad Mayes, pushing for enough republican members to pass Jerry Brown’s cap and trade extension. He’s been trying to justify the vote and coercion of fellow republicans [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel One of Shakespeare’s most famous lines comes when Hamlet asks his mother how she reacts to a certain character’s effusive and flowery language, and she responds, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” It’s among the bard’s many lines still quoted [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller Vermont is refusing to comply with a court order forcing officials to release communications about the state’s supposed involvement in a climate inquisition against fossil fuel groups, a conservative legal group said Monday. Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan denied conservative group E&E Legal’s request for communication between former Attorney [...]
