by Ann Purvis Heartland Institute The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Maryland electricity subsidy scheme on April 20, 2016, concluding in a unanimous decision, in Hughes v. PPL EnergyPlus, the arrangement impermissibly interfered with federally regulated wholesale electric power markets... David Schnare, general counsel of the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, says he would [...]
by Valerie Richardson Washington Times House Republicans this week launched an investigation into the 17 attorneys general pursuing fraud allegations against climate change skeptics, citing concerns about the campaign’s impact on free speech and scientific inquiry. “Americans are entitled to express their views on matters of science and public policy even if certain groups disagree,” [...]
For Immediate Release: May17, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 703-981-5553 E&E Legal Sues EPA for Stacking ‘Independent’ Science Panel with EPA Grant Recipients; Watchdog Groups Asks Court to Dissolve EPA Panel Washington, DC – Last Friday, The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for illegal formation of [...]
Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) informed the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) that it had denied E&E Legal’s petition for reconsideration of the Clean Air Act New Source Rule (111b rule) for new Electric Utility Generation Units. E&E Legal filed its petition on October 29, 2015 asking [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett Heartland Institute In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, David Schnare, general counsel of the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, joins H. Sterling Burnett to discuss the collusion between state attorney’s general and radical environmental groups. Schnare talks about some of the work being done at the Energy & Environment [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett Heartland U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch acknowledged the Justice Department (DOJ) has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to look into whether climate skeptics’ denial of the theory humans are causing dangerous climate change merits prosecution for fraud.. Lynch’s admission of the Justice Department’s investigation came in response to a [...]
by Tribune-Review The question of collusion, supposedly by climate-change “deniers” and industry “exploiters,” is more appropriately directed to the Democrat attorneys general in their United for Clean Power campaign. Emails reveal that prior to the AGs' announced initiative, they received briefings from environmental activists... So while some state AGs demand that ExxonMobil come clean on [...]
For Immediate Release: April 19, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 703-981-5553 E&E Legal Releases Updated 'Energy Poverty' Video to Remind World Leaders Gathering at the UN on 'International Mother Earth Day' to Sign the Paris Treaty that 'Climate' Policies Contained in the Agreement Hurt and Kill the Most Vulnerable Washington, D.C. (April 19, 2016) – This [...]
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller Democratic attorneys general met behind the scenes with environmental activists during a meeting to discuss ways to go after oil giant ExxonMobil for allegedly misleading the public about global warming. And then they tried to cover it up... “These emails show Schneiderman’s office suggested their outside-activist green allies deceive the press; meanwhile, AGs [...]
by Valerie Richardson Washington Times In the hours before they took the stage for their March 29 press conference, Democratic attorneys general received a secret briefing from two top environmentalists on pursuing climate change dissenters. Peter Frumhoff of the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Climate Accountability Institute’s Matt Pawa spent 45 minutes each providing [...]
