15 05, 2015
15 05, 2015
Cohen: Judge Rebukes EPA Over FOIA Delays
by Bonner R. Cohen Heartlander Magazine Saying the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had shown “apathy and carelessness” in carrying out Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from conservative organizations, a federal judge excoriated the agency for its handling of an open-records request from the Landmark Legal Foundation (LLF)... LLF’s FOIA request was made in an [...]
26 04, 2015
Indianapolis Star: Indiana wind power could get boost from new EPA rules
by Jeff Swiatek Indianapolis Star Credit the ice ages for making Indiana a good place to turn wind into electricity. All that glacial action scoured flat the northern half of the state and sculpted the perfect terrain for wind turbines. A few million years later, the Environmental Protection Agency is about to use regulatory fiat [...]
20 04, 2015
McConnell: EPA climate rule a disaster worth fighting against
by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell As Appearing in the Kentucky Herald The Herald-Leader's recent attempt to equate those who work in the Kentucky coal fields — along with those of us who support and defend their way of life — with the Southern plantation owners who once enriched themselves off the backs of slaves is [...]
13 04, 2015
Chris Horner: Rebranding the EPA’s clean air agenda
by Chris Horner Senior Legal Fellow Washington Times [Click here to view the e-mails Horner cites in this article] On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear an important case, Murray Energy v. EPA, regarding what used to be the Environmental Protection Agency’s global warming agenda. At issue are [...]
12 12, 2014
Daily Caller: Sources: EPA Scrambles To Protect Key Climate Rule
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency may delay a contentious rule mandating carbon capture technology for coal-fired power plants, according to news reports... TheDCNF was also told by sources that comments filed about the regulation from opposition groups have cast further doubts on the legality of EPA’s CCS mandate. In particular, [...]
24 11, 2014
E&E Legal Letters V: Internal Affairs and Undue Influence at the EPA
by Clifford Smith FME Law Counsel In the blockbuster film “The Dark Knight,” Gotham City’s heroic District Attorney, Harvey Dent, first made his name as the head of the Office of Internal Affairs in the notoriously corrupt Gotham Police Department. In that position, he investigated corrupt payoffs and crooked cops, which made him a lot [...]
27 10, 2014
Daily Caller: Pending ‘Sue And Settle’ Lawsuit Threatens States, Coal Power
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency and politically connected activist groups have proposed a legal settlement that may ignore legal protections afforded to states under federal law and could force the closure of more coal-fired power plants across the country. Environmentalists and EPA officials will likely hail the deal as a [...]
27 10, 2014
Right Side News: EPA’s “Energy Requiem for the Common Man”
by Charles Battig, M.D. Right Side News Aaron Copland’s 1942 concert piece “Fanfare for the Common Man” brings forth images of the nobility of the ordinary citizen. Recent actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and environmental extremists bring forth images of an “Energy Requiem for the Common Man.”... Now the political activities of [...]
14 10, 2014
Greenwire: Vitter says NRDC emails show ‘beyond-cozy relationship’ with agency
Jean Chemnick E&E reporter Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans released emails between the Natural Resources Defense Council and U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy that they say show the group and agency colluded on a proposal for curbing greenhouse gases from power plants... Also today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute and the Free [...]