by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As appearing in RealClear Energy On Oct. 13, a federal court in Ft. Worth, Texas ruled that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is subject to legal “discovery” by ExxonMobil. This turns the tables on the Attorney General (AG), who had demanded the company’s records as part of [...]
For Immediate Release: October 25, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 703-981-5553 Today, the Free Market Environment Law Clinic (FME Law) was forced to file suit (with exhibits), along with and on behalf of several New York citizens’ groups, against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office for wrongfully withholding records responsive to a Freedom of Information Law request. FME Law represents [...]
For Immediate Release: October 14, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 703-981-5553 Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, ”a federal judge in Texas has issued a discovery order against the Massachusetts attorney general in the hotly-contested investigation about whether the oil giant concealed information about climate change from investors and the public." The court based its opinion on information E&E Legal [...]
by Bob Unruh WND It was a year ago when a long list of scientists wrote to the Obama administration urging the federal government to use RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, against global-warming skeptics... Now the tables are turned. A mathematician and software engineer has filed a lawsuit in Texas naming dozens [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett The Heartland Institute Mathematician and software engineer Leonid Goldstein filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on September 12, 2016, against what he says is a “climate alarmism enterprise” (CAE). The alleged CAE consists of more then 40 environmental groups, green investment funds, and [...]
For Immediate Release: October 7, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 703-981-5553 Schneiderman Unlawfully Withholding Documents Which Other FOI Requests Prove Exist, and are Not Privileged Washington, D.C. – After months of stonewalling of public information requests by New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) was once again forced to file suit against that office to [...]
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 H. Sterling Burnett The Heartland Institute With waning support from other state's attorney's general for his climate lawsuits, New York AG Eric Schneiderman is now focusing Exxon's reports to investors. Seventeen state attorneys general (AGs) are backing away from their prior commitment to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s investigation of ExxonMobil’s past climate [...]
by Lachlan Markay Washington Free Beacon A Democratic senator moved to conceal his apparent behind-the-scenes collaboration with an environmentalist pressure group on Wednesday after inquiries into the group’s role in crafting a report accusing political opponents of doing the bidding of special interests. A report posted on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D., R.I.) website on Monday [...]
For Immediate Release: September 26, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 703-981-5553 Washington, D.C. — Today, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal) released a short 50 second video juxtaposing Hillary Clinton's emphatic vow during her party's presidential primaries last spring, that she intends to put "a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business", with visual reminders of the suffering [...]
