by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel With another federal oil and gas drilling moratorium looming, fewer pundits are accusing the government of picking winners and losers — because it’s difficult to see any winners. It seems more like the old grade-school trick of “heads I win, tails [...]
Watchdog Group Seeks Records to Clarify Biden Administration's Definition of "Equity" and Other Orwellian Terms For Immediate Release: March 10, 2021 Contact: [email protected] (202-810-2001) Washington, D.C. - On Monday, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a conservative watchdog group, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Energy [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing on RealClear Energy It’s fashionable to slam fossil fuels these days. But the oil and gas industry just had a last laugh of sorts. At the end of 2020, the CEO of the Texas-based oil services company Innovex Downhole Solutions wanted to [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In the 1980s, when the Clash sang “Should I stay or should I go,” its lyrics include the no-win scenario, “If I go there will be trouble, An’ if I stay it will be double.” That damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t dilemma is a [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held confirmation hearings this week on President Joe Biden’s Interior Secretary nominee, Rep. Deb Haaland. The committee had already approved the nomination of Jennifer Granholm to be Secretary of Energy, and the Environment and [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel After several years of frustration with Congress, President Obama famously said, “We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation. I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders… that move [...]
On February 3, 2021, E&E Legal's Steve Milloy joined Kara McKinney's OAN's Tipping Point to discuss the climate hypocrisy of John Forbes Kerry and other issues. https://youtu.be/x3jJPe6G6Jc
by Varun Hukeri Daily Caller President Joe Biden has put climate policy at the forefront of his administration’s agenda, but climate policy experts Thursday warned his decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and rejoin the Paris Climate Accord could eliminate thousands of jobs... The principal target set by the agreement is to reduce emissions [...]
by Jeff Brady WXXI News Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to refocus the Department of Energy on climate change if she's confirmed as the next secretary of energy. In a confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Granholm echoed President Biden's emphasis on new jobs created through achieving his [...]
OAN Newsroom Joe Biden issued an executive order to ban fracking on federal lands. The order was signed Wednesday, which Biden declared as “Climate Change Day.” In an address, Biden claimed he wants to protect jobs even amid his left-wing climate agenda. “This is not the time for small measures,” Biden said. “We need to [...]
