by Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As Appearing in the Wall Street Journal The World Bank president demonstrates how not to deflect gotcha questions. World Bank President David Malpass committed a horrible environmental crime last Tuesday. When asked about his views on climate change, he said, “I’m not a scientist.” The saga [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Sentinel A political mentor once explained to me why civility is key to long-term success, noting that "today's worst enemy may be tomorrow's only friend." The reverse is also true. Erin Mundahl, an Inside Sources energy reporter, writes about left-leaning green-oriented resort [...]
by Dave Gram VT Digger The Vermont attorney general’s office may appeal this week’s order by a judge who said the state must pay about $66,000 to cover legal expenses of groups that sought and were first denied access to documents under Vermont’s public records law... In her order, [Judge Mary] Teachout concluded that “EELI [...]
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) A Vermont judge has ruled that the Vermont attorney general's office must pay nearly $66,000 in legal fees after it violated the state's public records law. The ruling Monday in Washington County Superior Court involves the AG's response to record requests made by the Washington-based Energy and Environment Legal Institute. It was [...]
by Elizabeth Hewitt VT Digger After fighting for a year not to release documents to a Washington-based nonprofit, the Vermont attorney general’s office now says there are no relevant records. Chief Assistant Attorney General Bill Griffin responded late Monday to a July court order that the state turn over records relevant to a request by [...]
For Immediate Release: July 27, 2017 Contact: [email protected] 202-810-2001 Washington, D.C. – The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has two freedom of Information Act cases pending against the Vermont Attorney General's Office for records relating to the notorious "climate-RICO" scheme among ideologically aligned, activist state AGs, first exposed by E&E Legal last April. At least until [...]
For Immediate Release: March 28, 2017 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 202-810-2001 Washington, D.C. - With the one-year anniversary on Wednesday of the now infamous press conference with Al Gore by 'Climate RICO' Attorney Generals, announcing a campaign using their law enforcement offices against political opponents of the "climate" agenda, it appears that only two of [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has agreed to drop its lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (VA OAG) seeking records pertaining to that office's participation in the New York AG Eric Schneiderman-led campaign against political opponents of the "climate" agenda. This follows the Virginia AG's release of unredacted documents it had been [...]
by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As appearing in RealClear Energy On Oct. 13, a federal court in Ft. Worth, Texas ruled that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is subject to legal “discovery” by ExxonMobil. This turns the tables on the Attorney General (AG), who had demanded the company’s records as part of [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett The Heartland Institute Mathematician and software engineer Leonid Goldstein filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on September 12, 2016, against what he says is a “climate alarmism enterprise” (CAE). The alleged CAE consists of more then 40 environmental groups, green investment funds, and [...]
