by Chris Horner Senior Legal Fellow Washington Times [Click here to view the e-mails Horner cites in this article] On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear an important case, Murray Energy v. EPA, regarding what used to be the Environmental Protection Agency’s global warming agenda. At issue are [...]
by Chris Prandoni, Americans for Tax Reform As Appearing in Forbes Last year, the Obama Administration proposed the Clean Power Plan (CPP), an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation that would reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent. A necessary result of these carbon reductions is increased electricity costs and reduced grid reliability as coal plants are [...]
For Immediate Release: March 31, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 202-758-8301 E&E Legal Files Suit to Compel U.S. State Department to Produce Documents Related to its Involvement with Green Activists, Certain Records Concerning "Climate Change" and the Paris, "Kyoto II" Meetings Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed a lawsuit to compel the U.S. [...]
by Bonner Cohen Heartlander Magazine In response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) call to adopt more aggressive targets to combat climate change, California lawmakers are considering several approaches to force state residents to reduce fossil fuel use and increase the volume of renewable and alternative fuels used. In his January State of the State address, [...]
E&E Legal was one of nearly twenty free market oriented groups who provided comments to the Honorable Michael Boots, Chair, regarding the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review. In the summary, the letter said: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review is an inappropriate framework for making climate policy. Project-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions should not be a [...]
by David W. Schnare General Counsel EPA received over two million comments on its proposal to shutter about half of all coal-fired power plants using authority it claims it has under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. EPA calls this its “Clean Power Plan” and through the rule would require States to establish a [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in The Flash Point Report This is Part ll of Brown Administration Tied To Scandal That Took Down Oregon Governor. Recent revelations resulted in the Feb. 13, 2015 resignation of Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber over collusion between the California and Washington State governors’ offices, [...]
For Immediate Release: February 27, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 202-758-8301 Following Rep. Grijalva Inspiration, E&E Legal Files FOIA Requests with Georgia Tech, Universities of Colorado and Arizona Seeking Records Relating to Researchers' Funding Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), in conjunction with the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic [...]
Hoppy Kercheval WV MetroNews The West Virginia Legislature is considering bills (HB 2004 and SB 4) that would give lawmakers oversight for how the state Department of Environmental Protection plans to meet the federal EPA’s sweeping plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Under the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, states must submit plans for reducing carbon emissions [...]
Greenwire A former U.S. EPA official is asking Mississippi lawmakers to defy the agency's Clean Power Plan, saying the results could be fatal if they do not. David Schnare, a former EPA regulator and noted climate change skeptic, appeared yesterday before a joint legislative committee in the state Legislature asking that the lawmakers pass bills [...]
