by David W. Schnare E&E Legal General Counsel Thirty-one years ago, Bruce Yandel coined the phrase “Bootleggers and Baptists” to describe how these strange bedfellows work together to corrupt the economy and the law. "Baptists" point to the moral high ground and give vital and vocal endorsement of laudable public benefits. Bootleggers are simply in [...]
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 [...]
by Ileana Najarro Washington Post [Note from E&E Legal General Counsel David Schnare, who explained this to the Washington Post reporter: "There is a lot of misunderstanding about the $250 'damages' assessed by the Court. Any appellant that loses their appeal in the Virginia Supreme Court has to make this payment to the opposing party. [...]
By Dr. David Schnare General Counsel In May, the U.S. District Court for Colorado cleared the path for appellate review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit of the question as to whether Colorado can force renewable energy producers in other states to meet Colorado regulations. The District Court decision is in [...]
by Mica Rosenberg Reuters Fuel producers are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to California's landmark low carbon fuel standard, the first of a series of cases seeking to roll back state renewable energy laws around the country... In Colorado, a conservative non-profit group called the Energy & Environment Legal Institute sued [...]
For Immediate Release: June 9, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org E&E Legal and FME Law Sue NSA to Compel Production Under FOIA of Records that EPA Destroyed but Spy Agency Grabbed; Records Relate to Administrator Gina McCarthy’s Destroyed Text Messages, Former Administrator Lisa Jackson’s Verizon Account She Used to Correspond with Lobbyists Washington, D.C. – Today, [...]
For Immediate Release: May 9, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org U.S. District Court Decision Regarding Colorado's RES Paves the Way for 10th Circuit Court Appeal Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. District Court for Colorado cleared the path for appellate review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit of the question as to [...]
On May 7, E&E Legal General Counsel David Schnare appeared on The Blaze TV to discuss U.S. House hearings held to "investigate accusations of obstruction and refusal to cooperate against a hyper-political brand of the EPA." Click here to view the segment.
Theresa Defino, Editor Report on Research Compliance Although the University of Virginia (U.Va.) recently won a case protecting a climate scientist’s emails, the ruling is binding only in the commonwealth, and the organization that filed suit plans to keep peppering universities around the country with similar requests under state open records laws. The Supreme Court of Virginia’s April [...]
On April 22, Earth Day, E&E Legal General Counsel David Schnare was one of four panelists who participated in the Heritage Foundation's event, "Dispelling Environmental Myths and Celebrating Human Achievement." For more information on the event, visit here. To view the video of the discussion, click here.
