E&E Legal Files Supplement to August Petition Now Asking SEC to Address Amazon's False and Misleading Climate Change Statements For Immediate Release: October 3, 2019 Contact: [email protected] 202-810-2001 Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed a supplement to it's August 13 petition to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [...]
by Matthew Impelli Newsweek Following 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg's rise to global fame, adult climate change deniers—led by President Donald Trump—have unleashed a torrent of criticism and sarcastic remarks on the teenager and her mission to save the planet. Now, they finally have a place to go to be heard. Comedian Mark Humphries [...]
by Sam Dorman Fox News Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently suggested Miami would disappear in "a few years" due to climate change. The United Nations is convening a "Climate Action Summit" next week. And climate activist Greta Thunberg is on Capitol Hill this week telling lawmakers they must act soon. But while data from NASA and [...]
by Greg Walcher, Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel The ballot initiative regarding the National Popular Vote compact is officially on the 2020 ballot, so the campaign begins, both sides preparing to spend a small fortune to convince voters to change — or not change — the Electoral College. Colorado’s initiative process [...]
by Craig Richardson, E&E Legal President As Appearing in InsideSources.com If air conditioning utility bills are causing consumers a touch of heartburn this summer, they will certainly find no relief in a disturbing new development regarding unfounded litigation against the energy industry and a terrible ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island. With little legal [...]
by Greg Walcher, Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel Consensus on natural resources issues is elusive, often because the real agenda is not agreed upon. For me, there have been a number of "ah-ha moments," a realization that there are hidden agendas in play. Many of those moments have come during debates [...]
by Ben Maiden corporate secretary Group wants regulator to act on false and misleading claims about climate change The SEC has received the latest request to act on ESG-related disclosures, although agency officials have indicated caution over prescriptive rulemaking in the area. McLean, Virginia-based Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) this week filed a [...]
by Claire Parker Washington Post Two days into her transatlantic voyage aboard a hyper-efficient sailing yacht, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg is already weathering rough seas — and a deluge of online attacks. The Swedish teenager set sail Wednesday on her nearly 3,000-mile trip from Plymouth, England, to New York, where she plans to attend [...]
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As appearing in the California Globe AB 1080 and SB 54 appear to be half-baked and may be shelved First California legislators came for our cigarettes, and banned smoking indoors and in public parks. Then they banned plastic bags, foie gras and shark fin soup. [...]
by Somini Sengupta New York Times PLYMOUTH, England — Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist, set sail Wednesday on a racing yacht bound for New York. The boat cast off from the Mayflower Marina here in this old English port city around 3 p.m. local time during a brief pause in the rain... Ms. Thunberg [...]
