by Steve Hayward Powerline Readers may be vaguely aware that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and two other AGs filed suit again ExxonMobil alleging that “they knew” about climate change decades ago, but have been practicing “deception” ever since. These lawsuits all came with subpoena demands for thousands of pages of documents, no doubt [...]
by John O'Brien Forbes Some government officials in California are hypocrites pushing a political agenda that involves using private lawyers to sue and demonize ExxonMobil, the company is now arguing in a Texas state court. On Jan. 8, Exxon took the first step towards suing those who orchestrated climate change lawsuits in California by asking [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Sentinel There was a time when people unhappy with their government, and no longer able to tolerate the situation, would simply go somewhere else, and set up their own new communities. That is largely the story of the western frontier, but it [...]
by the Editorial Board Wall Street Journal Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order in 2016 on telecommuting, noting that letting public employees work remotely can “reduce transportation-related greenhouse-gas emissions.” And those emissions do add up, especially if you commute from Morocco to Washington—as the Governor’s senior climate policy adviser, Chris Davis, has done [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the American Spectator Renewables are now blaming their shortcomings on the problems they’re intended to fix. If we continue to burn coal to generate electricity, we might destroy the Earth’s capacity to support life. If we switch to natural gas, then fracking might poison [...]
by Fred Lucas Fox News Scientific studies used by the Obama administration to help justify tough environmental regulations are coming under intensifying scrutiny, with critics questioning their merit as the Trump EPA reverses or delays some of those rules. In one case, agencies determined the research used to prop up a ban on a pesticide [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller Two environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its new policy of not allowing scientists benefiting from agency funding to also serve on advisory boards. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the new policy in October to “ensure independence” and “geographical representation” on scientific advisory boards. “Whatever science comes [...]
by Craig Richardson, President As the fall wound down, E&E Legal pursued a number of public records request lawsuits in New York and Vermont, the states where the original AG Climate-RICO scandal co-ringleaders are located. In Vermont, E&E Legal pursued William Sorrell, who is no longer attorney general, for records he holds on a private [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett Heartland Institute After years of regulatory and court battles, Arizona Superior Court Justice James Marner ordered the University of Arizona (UA) to release emails by university researchers tied to the Climategate email scandal. The Climategate emails released so far show researchers at universities around the world discussed suppressing data, raising questions [...]
by Howard Fischer Capital Media Services PHOENIX — The University of Arizona has been ordered to surrender emails by two UA scientists that a group claims will help prove that theories about human-caused climate change are a false and part of a conspiracy. Pima County Superior Court Judge James Marner rejected arguments by attorneys for [...]
