Today, E&E Legal's President Craig Richardson made the following statement: “San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer has once again attempted to impose his personal political agenda which would drive others into poverty. Steyer, through his NextGen Climate Action organization, spent over $20 million on Proposition 127 in Arizona which would have required 12% of electricity from [...]
by Mitchell Kirk Pharos-Tribune Regulations in Cass County fall short of ones an advocate of wind turbine zoning says are necessary for health, safety and welfare. Kevon Martis, former vice chairman of the Riga Township Planning Commission in southeastern Michigan's Lenawee County, addressed a crowd of about 230 in the Community Center at the Cass [...]
L'Anse Sentinel Friends of the Land of the Keweenaw (FOLK) hosted a meeting Feb. 1, 2018 at the American Legion in L’Anse from 6:30-8 p.m. concerning the development of wind turbines proposed by Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas), out of Broomfield, CO. The meeting was put together after RES proposed the construction of approximately 100 or more wind turbines in L’Anse Township on Weyerhaeuser property combining a total [...]
On April 27, E&E Legal President Craig Richardson conducted an interview with InfoWars on the split in the White House over withdrawing from the Paris Treaty, as the President promised on the campaign trail. In addition, the interview covered renewable energy standards that thirty states now have on the books. Watch now.
by Craig Richardson, E&E Legal Executive Director As Appearing in Inside Business Daily Billionaire Tom Steyer vowed to make climate change a major issue in the 2016 election. His plan was to link arms with the AFL-CIO to mobilize the Democratic base and recruit Millennial voters to rise up to defeat Donald Trump and put [...]
by Bonner Cohen Heartland Institute In a closely watched decision, the San Bernardino, California County Board of Supervisors (SBBOS) voted 3–2 to reject a controversial solar-energy facility in California’s scenic Mojave Desert. The board rejected the facility by declining to certify permits required under state law... Critics of government-mandated and subsidized renewable-energy products were also [...]
by Bonner Cohen The Heartland Institute California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation on September 8 that slaps new, more-stringent restrictions on emissions of manmade greenhouse gases. Brown signed two bills into law. The first is Senate Bill 32, which was sponsored by state Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills). It extends and expands California’s already [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller The billionaire environmentalist widely considered responsible for pushing the Democratic Party toward anti-fossil fuel policies contributed $800,000 to help coordinate the 2016 Democratic National Committee, according to financial reports. Former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer’s super PAC, NextGen Climate, donated the six-figure sum to help pay down the costs [...]
On August 19, 2016, Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment, filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission regarding solar electricity (Project Number P161200). Following is a summary of those comments: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is examining competition and consumer protection issues raised by consumers’ growing use of rooftop solar panels to generate their [...]
A Critique of Brookings Institutution’s Mark Muro and Devashree Saha: Rooftop Solar: Net Metering Is A Net Benefit [1] by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment Across the country, more and more electric utility customers are using rooftop solar panels and other small-scale, on-site power sources known as distributed generation (DG). To [...]
