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19 03, 2015

Release: E&E Legal Files Comments on EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule; EPA Claims it Will Save Lives But It Will Actually Cause More Deaths

2016-12-11T17:07:41-05:00March 19th, 2015|Comments, Ozone, Press Releases, Schnare|

For Immediate Release: March 19, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 202-758-8301 E&E Legal Files Comments on EPA's Proposed Ozone Rule; EPA's Contention that the Rule Will Save Lives is Bogus as the Rule Will Actually Cause an Increase in Deaths Washington, D.C. -- On Tuesday, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed Comments [...]

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13 03, 2015

E&E Legal Letters Issues VI: How a State Might Respond to the 111(d) Proposal

2016-12-11T17:07:41-05:00March 13th, 2015|111d, E&E Legal Letters, Schnare, War on Coal|

by David W. Schnare General Counsel EPA received over two million comments on its proposal to shutter about half of all coal-fired power plants using authority it claims it has under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.  EPA calls this its “Clean Power Plan” and through the rule would require States to establish a [...]

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13 03, 2015

E&E Legal Letters Issue VI: The State of Affairs of Renewable Energy

2016-12-11T17:07:41-05:00March 13th, 2015|E&E Legal Letters, Renewable Energy, Schnare|

by David W. Schnare General Counsel Eventually the will of the consumers will win out, regardless of the advertising to which they are subjected and even in the politically correct but economically stupid renewable energy business. The political and bureaucratic dynamics of the renewables market have worked toward supporting uneconomic energy like wind and solar [...]

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5 02, 2015

Kercheval: Standing up to the EPA

2016-12-11T17:07:42-05:00February 5th, 2015|111d, GHG Rule, Media Coverage, Schnare, State Legislature, Testimony, War on Coal|

Hoppy Kercheval WV MetroNews The West Virginia Legislature is considering bills (HB 2004 and SB 4) that would give lawmakers oversight for how the state Department of Environmental Protection plans to meet the federal EPA’s sweeping plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Under the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, states must submit plans for reducing carbon emissions [...]

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4 02, 2015

Mississippi Watchdog: EPA turning regulatory eyes to natural gas, expert says

2015-02-04T10:30:41-05:00February 4th, 2015|111d, GHG Rule, Media Coverage, Schnare, State Legislature, Testimony|

by Steve Wilson Mississippi Watchdog A former Environmental Protection Agency regulator warns that while the Obama administration now has coal in its crosshairs, natural gas is next in line. David Schnare cites a proposed rule on methane emissions as one of the ways President Obama and the EPA will clamp down on natural gas...Schnare, general [...]

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3 02, 2015

Greenwire: Power plant rule will kill Miss. residents, former EPA official warns

2015-02-04T10:42:04-05:00February 3rd, 2015|111d, GHG Rule, Media Coverage, Schnare, State Legislature, Testimony, War on Coal|

Greenwire A former U.S. EPA official is asking Mississippi lawmakers to defy the agency's Clean Power Plan, saying the results could be fatal if they do not. David Schnare, a former EPA regulator and noted climate change skeptic, appeared yesterday before a joint legislative committee in the state Legislature asking that the lawmakers pass bills [...]

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3 02, 2015

Mississippi Public Broadcasting: MDEQ Director: State Cannot Meet New Carbon Pollution Goals

2016-12-11T17:07:42-05:00February 3rd, 2015|111d, GHG Rule, Media Coverage, Schnare, State Legislature, Testimony|

by Jeffrey Hess Mississippi Public Broadcasting The head of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality believes the state cannot meet ambitious new federal carbon pollution regulations. Some are calling on state lawmakers to resist following the new federal rules... Former EPA official turned critic Dr. David Schnare also called on lawmakers to put on the [...]

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2 02, 2015

Press Release: E&E Legal Releases Report that Reveals EPA’s Clean Power Plan Rule Just a “Paper Tiger”

2016-12-11T17:07:42-05:00February 2nd, 2015|GHG Rule, Press Releases, Report, Schnare, War on Coal|

For Immediate Release: February 2, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org E&E Legal Releases Special Report: EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is a Paper Tiger and Uses a Strategy Relying on Empty Threats Against Utilities, Governors and State Legislators Washington, DC (Feb. 2) — Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) released another special report, EPA’s [...]

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2 02, 2015

The Clarion-Ledger: Expert says EPA plan will kill Mississippians

2015-02-04T10:35:14-05:00February 2nd, 2015|111d, GHG Rule, Media Coverage, Schnare, State Legislature, Testimony|

Emily Le Coz The Clarion-Ledger Former Environmental Protection Agency regulator David Schnare urged Mississippi lawmakers to defy a federal rule requiring states to implement sweeping greenhouse-gas reduction plans, calling it both costly and illegal... But Schnare called it an unrealistic agenda that violates states’ rights and could inadvertently kill as many as 600 Mississippians by [...]

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29 01, 2015

Law Week Colorado: Renewable Energy Standard Under Fire

2015-01-30T17:51:04-05:00January 29th, 2015|E&E Legal v. CO, Media Coverage, Renewable Energy, Schnare|

by Tony Flesor Law Week Colorado Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard is facing challenges on two fronts: in the courts and in the legislature... Last year, the RES temporarily survived an attempt to remove it when a Colorado District Court judge ruled against the activist group, the Environment and Energy Legal Institute, which goes by the [...]

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