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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

2014-11-24T12:08:54-05:00November 24th, 2014|E&E Legal Letters, FERC, Horner, Richardson, Transparency|

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 [...]

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2 10, 2014

Press Release: E&E Legal Sends Letter to FEC Regarding Sierra Club Election Disclosure Violations

2016-12-11T17:07:56-05:00October 2nd, 2014|Green Groups, Press Releases, Richardson, Schnare, Sierra Club|

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 [...]

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15 09, 2014

Press Release: E&E Legal Releases Report Showing “Green Groups” Collude with White House, EPA

2016-12-11T17:07:57-05:00September 15th, 2014|EPA, EPA Collusion, FME Law, Green Groups, Horner, Press Releases, Richardson, Schnare, Transparency|

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 [...]

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17 07, 2014

The Daily Progress: Climate fine shows value of freedom

2016-12-11T17:07:57-05:00July 17th, 2014|Climategate, E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Richardson|

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 [...]

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16 07, 2014

Press Release: New Report Shows EPA Improperly Denies FOIA Fee Waivers for Disfavored Groups, Inspector General Again Improperly Limits Inquiry into Abuses

2016-12-11T17:07:58-05:00July 16th, 2014|EPA, Horner, Press Releases, Report, Richardson, Transparency|

For Immediate Release: July 16, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org EPA Bias on FOIA Fee Waivers – A Report on Abuses and Imminent Office of the Inspector General Whitewash The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) and the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic (FME Law) released a report today illuminating how, for the second time in [...]

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14 07, 2014

Associated Press: Virginia Supreme Court awards $250 damages to U.Va., ex-professor in email case

2014-07-17T10:22:38-04:00July 14th, 2014|Climategate, E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Richardson|

by Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — The Virginia Supreme Court has awarded $250 damages to the University of Virginia and former professor Michael Mann in a case that involved Mann's emails regarding climate change. The court's recent order only states the amount of damages that the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute must pay. It doesn't [...]

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13 07, 2014

The Daily Progress: Climate scientist Mann, UVa awarded $250 in damages in suit over emails

2016-12-11T17:07:58-05:00July 13th, 2014|E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Richardson|

by Bryan McKenzie The Daily Progress It’s not the size of the penalty, it’s the principle behind it, but that principle depends on which side you’re on. The state Supreme Court has ordered the nonprofit Energy & Environment Legal Institute to pay $250 in damages to former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann and the [...]

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23 06, 2014

E&E Legal/FME Law File FOIA Request with FERC Seeking Wellinghoff and Bay’s E-mails Related to Constellation-Exelon Merger

2014-06-24T08:57:48-04:00June 23rd, 2014|FERC, FME Law, FME Law v. FERC, Horner, Richardson, Transparency|

Today, the Free Market Environmental Law Center (FME Law) and the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed a FOIA request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking "copies of all emails: 1) sent or received by either Jon Wellinghoff, or Norman Bay of FERC’s Office of Enforcement, 2) which use in either the [...]

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14 05, 2014

Electric Light & Power: Decision on Colorado’s RES paves way for 10th Circuit appeal

2014-05-14T13:13:27-04:00May 14th, 2014|E&E Legal v. CO, Media Coverage, Richardson|

by Craig Richardson Executive Director, E&E Legal The U.S. District Court for Colorado on May 9 cleared the path for appellate review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit whether Colorado can force renewable energy producers in other states to meet Colorado regulations. The District Court decision is in stark contrast to a decision [...]

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26 03, 2014

Press Release: E&E Legal Sues FERC to Compel Production Under FOIA of Emails Relating to Former Chairman’s Efforts to “Burrow” Political Appointee Norman Bay as Career Employee

2016-12-11T17:08:00-05:00March 26th, 2014|FERC, Horner, Press Releases, Richardson, Schnare, Transparency|

For Immediate Release: March 26, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org E&E Legal Sues FERC to Compel Production Under FOIA of Emails Relating to Former Chairman’s Efforts to “Burrow” Political Appointee Norman Bay as Career Employee, Ensuring Continued Influence as He Prepared to Depart for Private Law Practice Washington, D.C. – The Energy & Environment Legal [...]

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