by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel There is a line in “The Music Man,” just after Harold Hill steps off the train, when he asks a local man on the street, “What do you folks do around here for excitement?” The stranger responds curtly, “Mind our business.” [...]
by James Murphy The New American The ESG (environment, social, corporate governance) investment concept has become quite toxic politically, mainly due to its corporate arm-twisting in favor of leftist “woke” policies and strict adherence to a “climate friendly” agenda. Because of this, at least one teacher of economics is suggesting a rebrand of the concept [...]
by Jackson Walker The National Desk as Appearing on CBS-Austin WASHINGTON (TND) — After picking up an endorsement from the United Auto Workers (UAW) union Wednesday, several key industry figures spoke out against President Joe Biden over his insistence on pushing electric vehicles. President Biden in 2023 sided with UAW as it fought with major [...]
On January 16, 2024, E&E Legal joined approximately 40 other free-market groups in releasing a coalition letter to Congress opposing the “PROVE IT Act," which covertly lays the groundwork for a carbon tax. As the letter notes: [T]he undersigned organizations want to express strong opposition to carbon tariffs and the PROVE IT Act. This legislation [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California’s policies aren’t reducing oil production or CO2 emissions in the U.S. or around the world “Congratulations to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is succeeding at his goal of driving away fossil fuel investment and jobs, even [...]
by Nick Pope The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intensified its “environmental justice” agenda in 2023 in terms of enforcement and grantmaking. EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in May 2023 that the agency has “built environmental justice into [its] very DNA,” and over the course of the year the agency significantly increased enforcement in specific areas [...]
by Kevin Killough Just the News New York City's effort in the 1990s to regulate toilets and shower heads to cut down water usage ignited consumer outrage, even inspiring a 1996 Seinfeld television episode in which the character Kramer was so fed up with his apartment's low-flow shower head that he purchased a high-flow head on the [...]
by Nick Pope The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pushed several aggressive climate regulations in 2023 that could seriously harm the American economy, energy policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The agency proposed or finalized rules that would spur the electric vehicle (EV) transition, decrease power grid reliability by imposing costly [...]
by Jordan Andrews MSN U.S. energy experts heavily criticized the recent U.N. agreement to end fossil fuel reliance, expressing concerns about the potential harm to American national and energy security. The agreement, announced during the COP28 climate summit, aims to transition away from fossil fuels and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial [...]
https://youtu.be/cYsenC629co On December 11, 2023, Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder, appeared on The Bottom Line with Dagen McDowell and Sean Duffy. Climate Clowns like Al Gore and John Kerry used untold amounts of fuels to get to another UN Conference of the Parties (COP) to argue for the elimination of [...]
