by Craig Richardson, E&E Legal President As Appearing in InsideSources.com America is vulnerable and exposed. Despite increased production, the United States has yet to achieve the level of energy independence adequate for national security or consumer protection. Today’s headlines are full of examples. When Iran captures vessels in international waters, it sends shockwaves reverberating through [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in The Daily Sentinel One of the most frustrating aspects of American politics is the failure of elected officials to do what they promised. We resent politicians who campaign on an issue — say repealing Obamacare — and seem to forget it after the election. [...]
by James Osborn Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON – Steve Milloy, a regular on Fox News and publisher of the blog JunkScience.com, has long railed against a culture within the U.S. government of pseudo-scientific research and overregulation that has held back America's energy industries. With President Donald Trump in the White House, promising to roll back the [...]
Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) and author of Junkscience.com, issued the following statement today regarding President Donald Trump speech on America's energy dominance. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute joins President Trump in celebrating American energy dominance and independence. Years ago, the science was settled, the world’s [...]
by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Caller The Trump Administration has proclaimed this week as “Energy Week” – a time to focus on pro-energy initiatives that can actually boost our economy, promote a message of U.S. “energy dominance” and highlight many disastrous Obama-era energy policies that helped stall [...]
by Mark Krebs, Spire Energy, and E&E Legal's Tom Tanton As Appearing in MasterResource “What Secretary Perry has yet to recognize is that the same hostile forces behind the ‘war against coal’ are now focused on eliminating the direct use of natural gas…. By taking a fresh look at the economic importance of natural gas [...]
by Michael Bielawski Vermont Watchdog President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by 31 percent would mean an easing up on the EPA’s notoriously heavy-handed enforcement and push environmental groups to reset their priorities. The spending cuts — which are light years from a forgone conclusion — would also put pressure [...]
Energy & Environment Legal Institute President Craig Richardson today issued the following statement in response to the executive orders issued by President Trump on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines: Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) applauds President Trump for clearing the path for the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access [...]
by Chris White Daily Caller The ExxonMobil probes are meant to determine whether the company decided to continue pulling oil out of the ground despite acknowledging global warming is a growing issue, the leader of the investigation told reporters Friday. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who is leading the Exxon investigation, told The New [...]
by Chris White Daily Caller Internal emails reveal attorneys general are worried investigations of ExxonMobil for its global warming stance is an exercise in “rhetorical overreach.” Emails released by conservative legal group Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal) show state attorneys general are not in lockstep with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s investigation [...]
