by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller The Obama administration basically let lobbyists tied to left-wing environmental groups write the government’s massive global warming regulatory scheme, according to documents obtained by a free market legal group. Attorneys with the Energy & Environment Legal Foundation (E&E) released a report Monday calling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a “captured” [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller Environmentalist lawyers have been pushing a legal theory that would give the Environmental Protection Agency cover to regulate every facet of state energy policy — effectively eliminating state’s authority to craft their own regulations. “Buried in the Clean Air Act is an extremely powerful mechanism that effectively gives EPA carte [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller EPA’s Clean Power Plan limits carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing power plants. Agency emissions standards for new power plants, however, are so low that only plants using CCS technology can comply. Republicans and coal industry supporters have argued that CCS is not commercially viable and EPA’s de facto [...]
For Immediate Release: November 6, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 703-981-5553 Citing Emails Obtained in FOIA Litigation, E&E Legal Joins Other Petitioners Seeking a Stay of EPA's Rules Regulating Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), joined numerous other petitioners - including 25 [...]
by Jean Chemnick E&E reporter A conservative advocacy group released a report today that it says shows collusion between the White House, friendly state governors and climate donors bent on advancing the president's Climate Action Plan -- particularly curbs on coal use the group says would be disastrous for the economy. The 55-page report by [...]
Anthony Watts Watts Up With That Washington, D.C. — Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a 501 (c) (3) watchdog group, released an investigative report, Private Interests & Public Office: Coordination Between Governors, the Obama White House and the Tom Steyer-“Founded and Funded” Network of Advocacy Groups to Advance the “Climate” Agenda [...]
Anthony Watts Watts Up With That A new report by the the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a 501 (c) (3) watchdog group, entitled Private Interests & Public Office: Coordination Between Governors, the Obama White House and the Tom Steyer-“Founded and Funded” Network of Advocacy Groups to Advance the “Climate” Agenda (and an [...]
by Inquisitr A recent report, based on emails obtained in Freedom of Information requests, indicated alleged collusion between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Obama Administration and Environmental special interest groups, the Washington Times reported. A report from the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) documents the alleged collusion between the EPA and some “eco-friendly groups” [...]
by Ben Wolfgang Washington Times The Obama administration’s controversial climate change agenda is being driven largely by outside forces in the environmental community, and powerful activist groups have played a major — and perhaps illegal — role in crafting key Environmental Protection Agency policies, a detailed report released Thursday charges. Emails obtained by the Energy [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller A new report by a government watchdog group claims the EPA broke federal law by secretly colluding with environmental activists to push the Obama administration’s global warming agenda, and urges the agency to go back to the drawing board on its pending carbon dioxide rule. A report by the Environment & Energy [...]
