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 [...]
For Immediate Release: February 2, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org E&E Legal Releases Special Report: EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is a Paper Tiger and Uses a Strategy Relying on Empty Threats Against Utilities, Governors and State Legislators Washington, DC (Feb. 2) — Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) released another special report, EPA’s [...]
by Jean Chemnick E&E reporter A conservative group withdrew its lawsuit yesterday against the Energy Department that sought records on a Mississippi carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, saying DOE complied with the request weeks ago but the documents had been lost in the mail... "This is not so much about Kemper as it is [...]
On January 21, 2015, Dr. David Schnare, E&E Legal Counsel and 33 year veteran of the EPA, appears on The John Fredericks Radio Show to explain how EPA regulations will hurt the American people. Click here to listen:
by Erica Werner Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pledged on Wednesday to do all he can to stop President Barack Obama's coal plant regulations, saying a White House "crusade" has devastated his state's economy. The Environmental Protection Agency "has created a depression in my state and it's done [...]
David W. Schnare, General Counsel, E&E Legal Karen Lugo, Director, Center for 10th Amendment Action, TPPF States that cooperate with the EPA’s new Clean Power rule will replace shared clean air regulatory authority with capricious federal standards. They will cede not only responsibility for standard setting but decisions on what kind and price of electricity [...]
For Immediate Release: October 14, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org WATCHDOG ORGANIZATIONS REQUEST EPA INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATE COLLUSION, IMPACT ON GHG RULES Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic request EPA IG investigate undue “green” lobby group influence on major EPA regulations Washington, D.C. - Following in the footsteps of a [...]
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For Immediate Release: September 17, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org E&E Legal Files Referral With IRS Regarding Sierra Club and Sierra Club Foundation Tax Law Violations Washington, D.C. – Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed a formal referral with the Internal Revenue Service alleging the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club [...]
by David W. Schnare E&E Legal General Counsel Thirty-one years ago, Bruce Yandel coined the phrase “Bootleggers and Baptists” to describe how these strange bedfellows work together to corrupt the economy and the law. "Baptists" point to the moral high ground and give vital and vocal endorsement of laudable public benefits. Bootleggers are simply in [...]
