Legal

14 07, 2023

Walcher: New BLM leasing rule headed to court

2023-07-17T12:05:49-04:00July 14th, 2023|Legal, Media Coverage, Walcher|

by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The debate may soon turn to litigation on the administration’s proposed new rule allowing public land to be leased for “conservation,” which is to say, for no use. The proposal was the subject of over 215,000 official comments from groups, businesses, [...]

18 01, 2023

Grimes: Silicon Valley Has 20-40 Inches of Rain, Flooding, But Clings to ‘Severe Drought’

2023-01-19T09:54:10-05:00January 18th, 2023|California, Grimes, Legal, Media Coverage, Water|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Droughts are naturally occurring; water shortages are created by government The California Department of Water Resources announced that snowpack levels have reached nearly 250%, the Globe reported Tuesday. Specifically, the Northern Sierra region is currently at 209% [...]

12 01, 2023

Grimes: The Tangled Government Web Behind the Push to Ban Gas Stoves

2023-01-19T10:01:41-05:00January 12th, 2023|Bad Science, California, Grimes, Legal, Media Coverage|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe If natural gas stoves are really as dangerous as they claim, they would go after professional commercial kitchens We know that California is pushing to become the first state to ban natural gas heaters, water heaters, and [...]

14 12, 2022

Grimes: Lawsuit Filed to Halt Removal of Northern CA Klamath River Hydroelectric Dams

2022-12-19T16:32:51-05:00December 14th, 2022|California, Grimes, Legal, Media Coverage|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘When politically expedient, the governors of California and Oregon will turn a blind eye to dramatic and substantial environmental damages’ Last week California Governor Gavin Newsom announced final approval of a plan to remove four dams on the [...]

1 11, 2022

E&E Legal Joins IER Amicus Brief Arguing Constitutionality of California Waiver

2022-11-01T13:35:41-04:00November 1st, 2022|California, California Waiver, Coalitions, EPA, Legal, Suits|

The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), joined the Institute for Energy Research (IER) on an amicus brief concerning the constitutionality of the California Waiver.  The brief, filed in the D.C. Circuit Court, concerns the case, Ohio et al v. the Environmental Protection Agency.  As the filing notes, "Treating some States or their subdivisions [...]

12 10, 2020

Richardson: The Supreme Court Is Taking Critical Step Towards Resolving Frivolous Climate Suits

2020-10-13T13:20:30-04:00October 12th, 2020|"Climate Change", Legal, Media Coverage, Richardson, Suits|

by Craig E. Richardson, E&E Legal President As appearing on RealClear Energy Sometimes the most important Supreme Court decisions are overlooked because of their technical nature. That is the case with the Supreme Court's choice to hear jurisdictional claims in B.P. P.L.C., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. The Court's ruling will either [...]

10 08, 2020

Legal Newsline: Veto keeps personal injury lawyers from making millions on no-injury cases

2020-08-11T10:46:48-04:00August 10th, 2020|Legal, Media Coverage, Milloy, Suits|

by John O'Brien Legal Newsline CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) – New Hampshire’s governor has vetoed legislation that would have given personal injury lawyers a new way to file lawsuits, even when their clients haven’t been injured. Being able to make a claim for medical monitoring allows lawyers to sue companies with the hope of putting [...]

27 01, 2020

Richardson: ExxonMobil Wins Big in Climate Change Trial, but Future Decision Could Have Major Effect

2020-01-27T12:34:26-05:00January 27th, 2020|"Climate Change", Billionaire Scammers, Green Groups, Legal, Media Coverage, Richardson, Shakedown|

by Craig Richardson, E&E Legal President As Appearing on InsideSources Nearly every American depends on petroleum products in their daily lives, and today they can rest more soundly, for now at least. Last month, a New York State Supreme Court judge found that the state’s attorney general failed to establish evidence that ExxonMobil engineered a [...]

22 08, 2019

Richardson’s Appearance on the Lars Larsen Show to Discuss the Left’s Lawsuit Against Energy Companies

2019-08-27T17:02:47-04:00August 22nd, 2019|"Climate Change", Billionaire Scammers, Legal, Media Coverage, Rhode Island, Shakedown, Suits|

E&E Legal President Craig Richardson joined Lars Larsen radio program to discuss the his recent op-ed discussing a Rhode Island U.S. District Court judge's decision to remanded a politically driven climate change lawsuit case back to state court. Listen now.

11 01, 2019

Walcher: This time they went too far

2019-01-19T09:37:41-05:00January 11th, 2019|ESA, Legal, Media Coverage, Walcher|

by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Sentinel You can count on your 10 fingers the number of times the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously on any environmental issue. And you can count on the fingers of one hand the unanimous rulings on endangered species issues. In fact, [...]

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