by Brittany M. Hughes MRCTV Emails obtained by the Energy and Environment Legal Institute (EELI) under Vermont’s public records law show New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, and other state attorneys general and their staff secretly met with environmental activists before announcing their cooperative investigation into energy companies they say have been misleading the [...]
by Steve Everley Energy In Depth State officials in New York and Vermont strategized on how to avoid disclosing public documents relating to an investigation of ExxonMobil, according to newly released emails. The correspondence, first covered by Reuters, also shows the New York Office of the Attorney General instructing an environmental activist not to reveal [...]
by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As Appearing on FoxNews.com Emails obtained by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) show that the offices of New York Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and those of other politically aligned AGs, secretly teamed up with anti-fossil fuel activists to launch investigations against groups whose [...]
by Valerie Richardson Washington Times In the hours before they took the stage for their March 29 press conference, Democratic attorneys general received a secret briefing from two top environmentalists on pursuing climate change dissenters. Peter Frumhoff of the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Climate Accountability Institute’s Matt Pawa spent 45 minutes each providing [...]
by Terry Wade Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) - A coalition of U.S. state attorneys general received guidance from well-known climate scientists and environmental lawyers in March as some of them opened investigations into Exxon Mobil for allegedly misleading the public about climate change risks, documents seen by Reuters showed. Peter Frumhoff of the Union of Concerned [...]
For Immediate Release: April 15, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 Emails Reveal Schneiderman, Other AG’s Colluding with Al Gore and Greens to Investigate Climate Skeptics Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2016) – The offices of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D), and other politically-aligned AGs, secretly teamed up with anti-fossil fuel activists in their investigations [...]
by Dean Chambers RedState Another Obama administration agency has been caught using private e-mails to conduct government business, much like Hillary Clinton had done as Secretary of State. After obtaining documents via Freedom of Information Act request, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) reported how U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) circumvented federal law [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller Alabama Republican Rep. Gary Palmer suggested the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology look into the possible “criminal activity” being perpetrated by Environmental Protection Agency officials, citing recent agency “cover-ups.”... Palmer’s remarks come as the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute announced it found more evidence top officials at the EPA were [...]
by Dean Chambers Right Side News Hillary Clinton is not the only Obama Administration official to have used private e-mails to conduct official government business. Documents obtained by Freedom of Information Act request by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) illustrate how U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) circumvented federal law by conducting official [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller House Republicans are worried the Department of Energy (DOE) isn’t doing enough to keep officials from using private email accounts to conduct official business after the department’s chief admitted even he uses a private email account. “In light of recent reports that you [Secretary Moniz], as well as other top [...]
