by H. Sterling Burnett Heartland New York City, San Francisco, and Oakland have filed lawsuits against the five largest private oil companies—BP, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell—claiming they are contributing to destructive climate change...New York City’s lawsuit comes just a few months after several cities in California, including San Francisco and Oakland, filed [...]
by the Editorial Board Wall Street Journal Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order in 2016 on telecommuting, noting that letting public employees work remotely can “reduce transportation-related greenhouse-gas emissions.” And those emissions do add up, especially if you commute from Morocco to Washington—as the Governor’s senior climate policy adviser, Chris Davis, has done [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel One of Shakespeare’s most famous lines comes when Hamlet asks his mother how she reacts to a certain character’s effusive and flowery language, and she responds, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” It’s among the bard’s many lines still quoted [...]
On July 3, 2017, E&E Legal Attorney Mathew Hardin joined the Schilling Show on WINA to discuss our latest climate Related FOIA requests. Listen here.
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller House lawmakers introduced legislation to block the EPA from appointing science advisers who are currently taking money from the agency. The bill stipulates EPA advisers “shall have no current grants or contracts from the [EPA] and shall not apply for a grant or contract for 3 years following the [...]
For Immediate Release: December 20, 2016 Contact: David Sanders sandersdavidg@gmail.com 202-810-2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a non-profit watchdog group, released a report, The Rockefeller Way: The Family's Covert 'Climate Change' Plan. The report provides a short history of the family's undue influence in U.S. policy making and details how the they [...]
For Immediate Release: August 4, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 State AG ‘Secrecy Pact’ Aimed at Thwarting Transparency Laws Released; E&E Legal Obtains Document From DC Following Litigation Washington D.C. -The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has obtained a copy of the purported “Common Interest Agreement” led by New York’s Attorney General [...]
by Malia Zimmerman FoxNews.com Scientists on a key panel handpicked by the Environmental Protection Agency to green-light new environmental emissions regulations have received nearly $200 million in grants from the agency, according to a federal lawsuit which charges the past funding calls into question the objectivity of the process. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute, [...]
by Valerie Richardson Washington Times House Republicans this week launched an investigation into the 17 attorneys general pursuing fraud allegations against climate change skeptics, citing concerns about the campaign’s impact on free speech and scientific inquiry. “Americans are entitled to express their views on matters of science and public policy even if certain groups disagree,” [...]
For Immediate Release: May17, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 E&E Legal Sues EPA for Stacking ‘Independent’ Science Panel with EPA Grant Recipients; Watchdog Groups Asks Court to Dissolve EPA Panel Washington, DC – Last Friday, The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for illegal formation of [...]
