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 [...]
by Ethan Barton Before It's News There is new evidence senior Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials routinely use private email accounts to conduct government business, this time to pass along information from an energy lobbyist. Michael J. Bradley, president and founder of an energy consulting firm that represents numerous green advocacy groups, described his preference [...]
For Immediate Release: March 22, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 Recent E-mail Documents Secured Through FOIA Production Reveal Continued Pattern of Using Private E-mails Accounts -- Lobbyist Requests Senior Counsel Pass Lobbying Memo to Administrator's Private E-Mail Account Washington, D.C. – A recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted by the [...]
by Annalee Grant SNL Financial When reviewing broader legal challenges to the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan a federal appeals court will not consider whether the U.S. EPA and several environmental groups engaged in alleged illegal ex parte communications. Conservative legal advocacy group Energy and Environment Legal Institute had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals [...]
by John Siciliano Washington Examiner Federal judges gave the Environmental Protection Agency a win on Monday, by rejecting a conservative group's request that they consider evidence showing how "green" groups colluded with the agency in developing the administration's landmark climate rules for power plants. The Energy and Environment Law Institute, or E&E Legal, said Monday [...]
The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal) is extremely disappointed that the DC Circuit three judge panel refused to consider whether the EPA was improperly influenced by so called 'green' groups when the agency put forth the Clean Power Plan (CPP) that intended to "bankrupt" coal power plants and eliminate coal miners jobs throughout [...]
by Tribune-Review New documentation released by an energy advocacy group shows special interests surreptitiously influenced the formulation of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. Culled from Freedom of Information requests, emails show that Michael Goo, a former administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency, used a private email account to collaborate with environmentalists. What's alleged by [...]
For Immediate Release: February 22, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 E&E Legal Files Motion, Brief, Publishes Report: Dozens of New FOIA’d Emails Show Lobbyists Allowed by EPA to Co-write GHG Regulatory Options on Senior Official’s Yahoo Email Account Group asks Court in GHG litigation to consider top Policy Office Official use of private account [...]
by Lachlan Markay The Washington Free Beacon The business arm of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer’s political advocacy network worked behind the scenes with senior administration officials to undermine a study by a federally commissioned group that criticized environmental regulations, internal emails show. Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a Steyer-funded trade association, briefed senior administration officials on [...]
