by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel An Ellsworth, Maine, newspaper columnist lamented voters’ defeat of a transmission line to bring renewable energy. “Talk about mixed messages. We want renewable energy but not here, not now, not this kind. We have to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, [...]
OK Energy Today About two dozen conservative groups are asking President Trump to go ahead and waive the controversial biofuel blending requirements fought by at least one small Oklahoma refinery and others. The groups sent the President a letter this week pitching their request against the Renewable Fuel Standard for the rest of this year. Twenty-three groups [...]
by Kyla Asbury DC Business Daily The president of the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute says Americans will be forced to continue footing the bill for "zombie" tax extenders into the future. Energy and Environment Legal Institute President Craig Richardson said the tax extenders will never die. "Congress will strike some last-minute deal close to [...]
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As appearing in the California Globe A new rate system charges residential users higher rates between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. On June 1st, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District began charging Sacramento electricity users and ratepayers a new rate system that charges residential users higher [...]
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 [...]
