14 07, 2015
9 07, 2015
25 06, 2015
Grimes: Pope Francis: Climate Change is Officially A Religion Now
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in the Flash Point Report Last week, Pope Francis called for a cultural revolution to correct what he calls the “structurally perverse” economic system of the rich exploiting the poor that is turning Earth into an “immense pile of filth.” Under the sub-heading “Climate as [...]
Richardson: Pope’s Encyclical Lends “Moral Imprimatur” for the Expansion of Policies That Have Already Taken the Lives of Europe’s Most Vulnerable GalleryRichardson: Pope’s Encyclical Lends “Moral Imprimatur” for the Expansion of Policies That Have Already Taken the Lives of Europe’s Most Vulnerable
22 06, 2015
Richardson: Pope’s Encyclical Lends “Moral Imprimatur” for the Expansion of Policies That Have Already Taken the Lives of Europe’s Most Vulnerable
by Craig Richardson Executive Director, Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal has produced and released a two-minute video that discusses the Pope's encyclical and "Energy Poverty" in Europe) The 1965 Second Vatican Council document, Gaudium et Spes (Joy and Hope) says “the [Catholic] Church…serves as a leaven and as a kind of soul for [...]
14 04, 2015
25 03, 2015
E&E Legal Joins CEI and Other Free Market Allies in Submitting Comments re: Council on Environmental Quality’s NEPA Review
E&E Legal was one of nearly twenty free market oriented groups who provided comments to the Honorable Michael Boots, Chair, regarding the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review. In the summary, the letter said: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review is an inappropriate framework for making climate policy. Project-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions should not be a [...]
24 11, 2014
E&E Legal Letters Issue V: E&E Legal, FME Law Forced to Again File Suit Against FERC to Compel them to Release FOIA’d Documents
by Craig Richardson E&E Legal Executive Director On October 21, E&E Legal and FME Law once again sued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under FOIA to compel production of key federal records. The records relate to FERC having conditioned its stalled approval of Constellation Energy’s merger with Exelon Corporation upon payment of a then-record settlement [...]
2 10, 2014
Press Release: E&E Legal Sends Letter to FEC Regarding Sierra Club Election Disclosure Violations
For Immediate Release: October 2, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org E&E Legal Asks FEC Chairman to Investigate Sierra Club Concerning the Group’s Latest Smear Ad in Iowa Senate Race for Potential Campaign Disclosure Law Violations; E&E Legal Also Files Addendum to IRS Referral Regarding Additional Possible Tax Law Violations Washington, D.C. – Today the Energy [...]
15 09, 2014
Press Release: E&E Legal Releases Report Showing “Green Groups” Collude with White House, EPA
For Immediate Release: September 15, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org NEW REPORT: FOIA’d Emails show outside 'green' lobby groups staffed up, collude with Obama EPA, calling rules’ legality into question Obama’s EPA in collusion with “green” lobby groups — Report details the conflicts of interest, “unalterably closed minds”, internal activism and influence of outside interest [...]
17 07, 2014
The Daily Progress: Climate fine shows value of freedom
by The Daily Progress What a letdown. And what an irony. The Virginia Supreme Court levied damages of just $250 against the nonprofit Energy & Environment Legal Institute in its bid to obtain climate researcher Michael Mann’s emails while he was a professor at the University of Virginia... The institute says that even though it [...]