by Todd Shepherd Washington Free Beacon A New York appellate court again ordered that state’s top cop to pay thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees for improperly denying a request for documents under the state’s Freedom of Information Law. The unanimous decision from a panel of judges on Thursday supported two previous losses in the [...]
by Chris White Daily Caller A New York court ordered AG Eric Schneiderman Thursday to fork over public information about elements of his climate crusade to a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C. New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in a case involving a series of documents conservatives believe could reveal a [...]
by Anthony Watts Watts Up With That A state judge in Texas has left the door open for ExxonMobil to seek deposition testimony from many of the key players who are the driving force behind climate change lawsuits from local governments like San Francisco, Oakland, and New York City. Exxon is claiming it is the [...]
by Todd Shepherd Washington Beacon Judge questions if lawsuits were brought 'for an improper purpose' A state judge in Texas has left the door open for ExxonMobil to seek deposition testimony from many of the key players who are the driving force behind climate change lawsuits from local governments like San Francisco, Oakland, and New [...]
by Carolynn Kormann The New Yorker [Ed. Note: Obviously the New Yorker and Kormann are far left and don't understand that transparency and sound science are the cornerstones of developing sound regulations. The 'public health' argument is a straw man with no basis in fact.] “Today is a red-letter day, a banner day,” Scott Pruitt, [...]
by Marlo Lewis Competitive Enterprise Institute E&E Legal joined the joint comment letter Public policy analysts from 20 free-market organizations, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, today filed a joint comment letter in support of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s proposal to repeal the Obama administration’s so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP). “We strongly support repeal of the [...]
by James Delingpole Breitbart Scott Pruitt has signed a proposed rule banning “secret science” from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA reports: The rule will ensure that the regulatory science underlying Agency actions is fully transparent, and that underlying scientific information is publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent validation. “The era of [...]
by Craig Richardson E&E Legal President The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) held a panel discussion last week that focused on a parade of local governments that have taken the energy industry to court to pay for damages stemming from climate change. It was a supposed to be a serious and sober affair – until David [...]
by Heidi Vogt Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency plans to restrict research used in developing regulations, the agency said Tuesday, a change that could affect rules governing everything from household products to power-plant emissions. The proposal follows years of complaints by conservatives that regulations such as emissions restrictions under the Obama administration sometimes went [...]
By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis The Washington Post Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt moved Tuesday to limit what science can be used in writing agency regulations, a change long sought by conservatives. The proposed rule would only allow the EPA to consider studies where the underlying data is made available publicly... Conservatives, such [...]
