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EPA Collusion

14 10, 2014

Press Release: E&E Legal Request EPA Inspector General Investigate Collusion, Impact on GHG Rules

2016-12-11T17:07:56-05:00October 14th, 2014|EPA Collusion, FME Law, Green Groups, Horner, Press Releases, Sierra Club, War on Coal|

For Immediate Release: October 14, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org WATCHDOG ORGANIZATIONS REQUEST EPA INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATE COLLUSION, IMPACT ON GHG RULES Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic request EPA IG investigate undue “green” lobby group influence on major EPA regulations
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14 10, 2014

The Daily Signal: Senator: Emails Reveal EPA, Green Group in ‘Beyond Cozy’ Relationship

2014-10-14T09:48:58-04:00October 14th, 2014|EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Sierra Club, Transparency|

by Kelsey Harkness The Daily Signal Republican lawmakers say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enjoys a “beyond cozy” relationship with a liberal environmental action group that seeks to reshape national energy policies in a way that would hurt American businesses and families. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works [...]

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19 09, 2014

The Libusters Line: The EPA Farm Team

2016-12-11T17:07:57-05:00September 19th, 2014|EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Transparency|

Libusters.com Blog About two years ago David Horowitz wrote a book titled “The New Leviathan: How the Left-Wing Money Machine Shapes American Politics and Threatens America’s Future.” In it he claims that “on environmental issues, the count is 553 liberal groups against 32 conservative ones, and the left has 462 times the funding of the [...]

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18 09, 2014

Washington Times Editorial: Mr. Obama’s lobbyists, another broken promise

2014-09-19T12:13:43-04:00September 18th, 2014|EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Transparency|

Washington Times Editorial Once upon a time, lobbyists were told they would have no place in the Obama administration. Transparency would put an end to business as usual in Washington. Alas, there’s no happy ending to this fairy tale. Lobbyists call the shots in this administration... The Energy & Environment Legal Institute, in a report [...]

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16 09, 2014

cnsnews.com: Report: Green Lobbyists Kept ‘Revolving Door’ Spinning at EPA

2014-09-16T18:23:07-04:00September 16th, 2014|EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Barbara Hollingsworth cnsnews.com (CNSNews.com) -- Green lobbyists kept the “revolving door” at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spinning despite President Obama’s assurances to the nation that he slammed it shut on his first day in office, according to an interim report released Monday by the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal). “On my [...]

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16 09, 2014

New American: Report Details Close Relationship Between EPA and Green Groups

2014-09-16T18:47:13-04:00September 16th, 2014|EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Raven Clabough The New American Freedom of Information Act requests have led to turning over e-mails that detail significant collusion between the Environmental Protection Agency and green activist groups over the climate agenda. The Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) released a report on Monday based on an analysis of dozens of e-mails [...]

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16 09, 2014

Washington Times: No joke: Emails show ‘collusion’ between Obama’s EPA, environmental lobby

2014-09-16T08:27:24-04:00September 16th, 2014|EPA Collusion, FME Law, Green Groups, Horner, Media Coverage|

by Stephen Dinan The Washington Times The EPA and environmental groups are exceptionally close for a government agency and lobby groups, with a revolving door and pressure from the groups often shaping EPA’s policies, according to a new report from a conservative watchdog group based on emails obtained in a yearslong battle with the agency. [...]

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16 09, 2014

Washington Examiner: EPA rife with green conflicts of interest

2014-09-16T08:33:25-04:00September 16th, 2014|EPA, EPA Collusion, FME Law, Green Groups, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Mark Tapscott Washington Examiner Numerous senior officials of the Environmental Protection Agency have real or apparent "revolving door" conflicts of interest, according to a new report by a nonprofit watchdog. "Example after example clearly show that senior leadership in the EPA, made up exclusively of career bureaucrats and former, and likely future green group activists, operate [...]

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16 09, 2014

Human Events: The EPA: An Agency of Lobbyists

2016-12-11T17:07:57-05:00September 16th, 2014|EPA, EPA Collusion, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Report, Transparency|

by John Hayward Human Events I don’t wish to downplay the hard work of the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, but learning that the Environmental Protection Agency is essentially staffed and run by its own lobbyists is not surprising. It’s good to have it all documented in a concise report, entitled “Improper Collusion Between Environmental [...]

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