By Andrew F. Quinlan, InsideSources.com As appearing in Austin American-Statesman Cronyism isn’t popular these days. It never really has been, but growth in public awareness of the problem has forced special interests to get more creative in how they approach their rent-seeking. So it comes as no surprise to see a new report outlining how [...]
Institute for Energy Research (IER) Latest Analysis Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its regulations on carbon dioxide emissions for existing electricity generating units, which the agency calls the “Clean Power Plan.” EPA claims the alleged benefits of the rule significantly outweigh the costs, and is requesting that states submit plans to [...]
by S.C. Sherman ClashDaily with Doug Giles It’s almost laughable that this is a surprise to anyone, but the proof is more evident than ever. A recent report by the Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has used information obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request to expose the collusion between Green Energy [...]
by Steven Hayward The Weekly Standard Magazine Over the years, “agency capture” has been a staple of the economic analysis of regulation—the phenomenon whereby regulatory agencies would come to be largely controlled by the industries they purported to regulate, or at the very least would protect those industries as a cartel in a tradeoff for [...]
by Inquisitr A recent report, based on emails obtained in Freedom of Information requests, indicated alleged collusion between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Obama Administration and Environmental special interest groups, the Washington Times reported. A report from the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) documents the alleged collusion between the EPA and some “eco-friendly groups” [...]
by Ben Wolfgang Washington Times The Obama administration’s controversial climate change agenda is being driven largely by outside forces in the environmental community, and powerful activist groups have played a major — and perhaps illegal — role in crafting key Environmental Protection Agency policies, a detailed report released Thursday charges. Emails obtained by the Energy [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller A new report by a government watchdog group claims the EPA broke federal law by secretly colluding with environmental activists to push the Obama administration’s global warming agenda, and urges the agency to go back to the drawing board on its pending carbon dioxide rule. A report by the Environment & Energy [...]
