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14 05, 2013

NOW BOARDING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SCANDAL TRAIN: THE EPA

2013-09-28T18:21:30-04:00May 14th, 2013|EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Jay Hayward Human Events The Environmental Protection Agency would like you to know it can abuse its power to punish Barack Obama’s political enemies as well as the next agency, thank you very much. In this case, it’s more a question of first-class seating and concierge service for Obama’s political allies, while those nasty [...]

26 04, 2013

Watchdog group seeks FOIA records on nonprofit EPA ‘bullied’ out of contract

2013-09-28T18:37:25-04:00April 26th, 2013|EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Michel Conger Washington Examiner Environmental Protection Agency officials bullied a contractor into cutting ties with an air policy coalition designed to help states with cumbersome EPA clean air rules, the American Tradition Institute said Thursday. ATI filed a Freedom of Information Act request for EPA emails, instant messages and text messages related to the [...]

9 04, 2013

EPA memo promises emphasis on transparency after FOIA lawsuit

2013-10-11T16:24:58-04:00April 9th, 2013|E&E Legal v. EPA, EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Michal Conger Washington Examiner Acting Administrator Robert Persiacepe circulated an agency-wide warning to Environmental Protection Agency employees yesterday about complying with the federal Freedom of Information Act. Persiacepe’s memo was issued as EPA faces a growing controversy in the news media and federal courts sparked by revelations earlier this year that his predecessor used [...]

4 04, 2013

EPA fights watchdog groups, helps ‘friendlies,’ new lawsuit says

2013-09-28T19:38:11-04:00April 4th, 2013|EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Michal Conger Washington Examiner Allies of the Environmental Protection Agency get preferential treatment while watchdog agencies are stonewalled and charged unlawful fees for information, according to a lawsuit filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Washington. Read more

3 04, 2013

Conservative groups sue for EPA officials’ instant messages

2013-10-11T16:25:44-04:00April 3rd, 2013|E&E Legal v. EPA, EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Michael Conger Washington Examiner Two conservative groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for instant- message records for several top officials, including former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s “Richard Windsor” account and Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s choice to succeed Jackson. The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the American Tradition Institute have sued for IM chats from [...]

2 04, 2013

Groups sue EPA for top officials’ instant-message records

2016-12-11T17:08:18-05:00April 2nd, 2013|E&E Legal v. EPA, EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Ben Geman The Hill Two conservative groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to compel disclosure of instant-message chats involving former Administrator Lisa Jackson, Gina McCarthy, the senior regulator nominated by President Obama to lead the EPA, and others. The new lawsuit, filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the American Tradition Institute, alleges that [...]

2 04, 2013

Busting the EPA’s secret government

2016-12-11T17:08:18-05:00April 2nd, 2013|E&E Legal v. EPA, EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Thomas Lifson American Thinker Something is rotten in the EPA, and Christopher Horner is the man exposing it. For reasons undisclosed, the agency with vast discretionary power over the minutiae of operating a business in the United States has chosen to violate the law and engage in undisclosed secret communications, in utter violation of [...]

1 04, 2013

Lawsuit against EPA seeks evidence of hidden messages

2013-10-11T16:26:47-04:00April 1st, 2013|E&E Legal v. EPA, EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Stephan Dinan Washington Times Top Environmental Protection Agency officials used computer instant messages to try to circumvent open-records laws, according to a lawsuit filed by a researcher who has been hounding the agency to comply with the law. Christopher C. Horner, the researcher who earlier uncovered that EPA officials were using private email addresses [...]

1 04, 2013

ATI , CEI Sue EPA for Instant Messaging Records: Potential Landmark Case Seeks Discussions on Agency’s War on Coal, Role of Pressure Groups from Little Known Accounts that Have Escaped

2013-10-11T10:45:05-04:00April 1st, 2013|E&E Legal v. EPA, EPA, Horner, Press Releases, Transparency|

WASHINGTON - In what could be a landmark case, two free market groups the American Tradition Institute's Environmental Law Center and the Competitive Enterprise Institute have filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the Environmental Protection Agency seeking communications among senior EPA officials using instant messaging or IM technology. In the joint lawsuit [...]

17 02, 2013

EPA’s Secret And Costly ‘Sue And Settle’ Collusion With Environmental Organizations

2013-09-28T20:17:36-04:00February 17th, 2013|EPA, Horner, Sue & Settle, Transparency|

by Larry Bell Forbes “Sue and Settle “ practices, sometimes referred to as “friendly lawsuits”, are cozy deals through which far-left radical environmental groups file lawsuits against federal agencies wherein  court-ordered “consent decrees” are issued based upon a prearranged settlement agreement they collaboratively craft together in advance behind closed doors. Then, rather than allowing the [...]

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