by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller Environmentalist lawyers have been pushing a legal theory that would give the Environmental Protection Agency cover to regulate every facet of state energy policy — effectively eliminating state’s authority to craft their own regulations. “Buried in the Clean Air Act is an extremely powerful mechanism that effectively gives EPA carte [...]
by Lachlan Markay The Washington Free Beacon The business arm of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer’s political advocacy network worked behind the scenes with senior administration officials to undermine a study by a federally commissioned group that criticized environmental regulations, internal emails show. Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a Steyer-funded trade association, briefed senior administration officials on [...]
by Lachlan Markay Washington Free Beacon An environmental consulting firm that has secretly worked behind the scenes to support Environmental Protection Agency regulations released a study on Wednesday declaring one of the agency’s most controversial regulations sound. M.J. Bradley & Associates released an analysis of the EPA’s regulations on carbon emissions from existing power plants [...]
by Nancy Smith Sunshine State News Some time ago I had an epiphany about climate change. I came to realize it's not so much that conservatives don't buy into it, it's that they don't trust a word out of the mouth of the Obama Administration's lawless, monster of an Environmental Protection Agency. The agency has [...]
Wall Street Journal Opinion States and businesses are suing to stop the Obama Administration’s anticarbon Clean Power Plan, and now they have new evidence to seek a preliminary injunction. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute has obtained government emails that show the EPA secretly worked with environmental lobbyists to craft its Clean Power Plan regulating [...]
by Kimberley A. Strassel Wall Street Journal Some scandals come on fast, and some creep up on Washington. The slow-rolling outrage of 2015—Obama administration secrecy—received a small correction in this week’s omnibus budget bill, but it deserves far more attention. It’s time for the federal government to come back on the grid. A steady drip [...]
by Craig Richardson Executive Director Yesterday, December 9, I went to the UN's 2015 Paris Climate Conference - COP 21, which is being held in a suburb of France's capital city. I interviewed E&E Legal's Senior Legal Fellow Chris Horner, who is a veteran of these UN climate conferences, and he provided some excellent analysis of the Paris summit thus [...]
by Craig Richardson Executive Director While world leaders, United Nations officials, green activists, and thousands of friendly media and corporate supporters meet in the suburbs of Paris in an attempt to ink a 'climate change' agreement at COP-21, a small but hearty group of 'climate realists' dared to enter the French capital to provide an [...]
by Stephen Dinan Washington Times Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was explicit earlier this year when asked what it would take for developing countries to sign up for the emerging U.S.-led climate deal: “Money." His candor was recounted in an April email between two of the Obama administration’s top global warming officials, who called the [...]
Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue IX: Fall 2015. Click on headlines for the full article. E&E Legal Releases ‘Energy Poverty’ Video for Papal Visit E&E Legal firmly believes that humanity has a moral obligation to protect and preserve the environment. However, the Pope’s strategy to address ‘climate change’ – [...]
