by Ethan Barton Washington Examiner Environmental Protection Agency officials said they stopped using kids for experiments in 2006, but subsequent reports from a health research project in which nearly two dozen children were exposed to diesel fumes contradict their claim. "After the 2006 ban went into effect, UCLA and USC used cells in their laboratories [...]
Payton Guion The Independent In experiments conducted between 2003 and 2010 and funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, children as young as 10 years of age were exposed to diesel exhaust, despite well-established warnings against diesel exposure. An advocacy group called the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute obtained documentation of the experiments through the [...]
On January 21, 2015, Dr. David Schnare, E&E Legal Counsel and 33 year veteran of the EPA, appears on The John Fredericks Radio Show to explain how EPA regulations will hurt the American people. Click here to listen:
Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute joined Americans for Prosperity, and several other organizations in an open letter to state legislators urging them to pass the Reliable, Affordable and Safe Power (RASP) Act. The RASP Act is aimed at pushing back on "the Environmental Protection Agency proposed unprecedented regulation on our nation’s energy producers and [...]
David W. Schnare, General Counsel, E&E Legal Karen Lugo, Director, Center for 10th Amendment Action, TPPF States that cooperate with the EPA’s new Clean Power rule will replace shared clean air regulatory authority with capricious federal standards. They will cede not only responsibility for standard setting but decisions on what kind and price of electricity [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D Heartland Institute The Energy & Environment Legal Institute is challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s renewable energy standard. In November of 2004, Colorado voters passed a referendum imposing a renewable portfolio standard on the state. This was the first time a referendum had been used to pass a renewable power mandate, occurring [...]
by Daniel Divilio Kent County News CHESTERTOWN — Environmentalists, members of the agriculture industry, watermen and others interested in the health and future of the Chesapeake Bay attended a forum held by the Maryland Public Policy Institute Tuesday, Oct. 28 at Washington College. The MPPI is a nonpartisan think tank that seeks to promote public [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett Heartland Institute The Energy and the Environment Legal Institute promotes free-market environmentalism through strategic litigation. David Schnare, General Counsel of E&E Legal, discusses several ongoing actions, including E & E Legals’ request that the IRS and FEC investigate the Sierra Club for illegal fundraising and improper electioneering activities. Read more and listen to the podcast.
H. Sterling Burnett Heartlander Magazine The Energy and Environment Legal Institute has requested multiple investigations into the Sierra Club. The filings have put the Sierra Club on the defensive. Violating Election Laws? In one action, EELI has requested the Federal Election Commission investigate the Sierra Club for potential federal and state financial disclosure violations. The [...]
by Chad Groening One News Now The Energy & Environment Legal Institute has sent a letter to Federal Election Commission chair Lee Goodman, asking the FEC to investigate potential federal and state financial disclosure violations by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club recently was implicated in a $1 million ad buy aimed at smearing and defeating [...]
