by Megan Schrader The Gazette Legislation at the center of a radio and newspaper campaign urging the governor's veto also eliminates an incentive for using renewable energy generated in Colorado. A pending federal lawsuit filed in 2011 challenged the constitutionality of the incentive. Senate Bill 252 - if signed by the still-undecided governor - would [...]
by Institute for Energy Research Some lawmakers in Colorado want to increase the cost of electricity for all Coloradans, especially those in rural areas. Awaiting Gov. John Hickenlooper’s signature, SB 252 would require rural electric cooperatives to dramatically increase the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources to 25 percent by 2020, up from the current mandate [...]
Washington – Yesterday, the American Tradition Institute (ATI) and the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) withdrew their lawsuit without prejudice that they jointly filed against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel the Agency to respond to the groups' requests for certain Instant Messages (IMs) to or from three senior current and former EPA officials. [...]
by Daniel K. Lee, J.D. Candidate, Seattle University School of Law Timothy P. Duane, University of California, Santa Cruz and Visiting Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law State renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) and renewable energy standards (RESs) are among the most effective devices for renewable energy development, but plaintiffs have begun to challenge the constitutionality of [...]
For Immediate Release – April 9, 2013 Contact: Craig Richardson, Executive Director, American Tradition Institute craig.r@atinstitute.org ATI, CEI FOIA Suit for EPA’s Instant Messages Leads EPA Head to Acknowledge Poor Record Keeping, Begs Question of Extent of Legal Violations WASHINGTON - Stung by widespread publicity resulting from recent American Tradition Institute (ATI) and Competitive Enterprise [...]
by Michal Conger Washington Examiner Acting Administrator Robert Persiacepe circulated an agency-wide warning to Environmental Protection Agency employees yesterday about complying with the federal Freedom of Information Act. Persiacepe’s memo was issued as EPA faces a growing controversy in the news media and federal courts sparked by revelations earlier this year that his predecessor used [...]
by Tom Tanton, Director, Science & Technology Assessment Master Resource The American Tradition Institute (ATI) and the American Tradition Partnership (ATP) have filed suit in Federal District Court in Colorado to have Colorado’s renewable energy standard (RES) declared unconstitutional. The plaintiffs find that the Colorado RES discriminates on its face against legal, safer, less costly, less polluting and more reliable in-state [...]
For Immediate Release – April 4, 2013 Contact: Craig Richardson, Executive Director, American Tradition Institute craig.r@atinstitute.org COLORADO ADMITS CERTAIN DEFEAT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY LAWSUIT WITH INTRODUCTION OF NEW BILL Cooperatives, Jobs, and Consumers Among Biggest Losers in State’s Latest Failed Renewable Energy Attempt DENVER - Facing certain defeat in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality [...]
Dr. David Schnare, Director of ATI’s Environmental Law Center, appeared on The Amy Oliver Show to provide insights into the state's attempt to “fix” its Renewable Energy Standard mandate with the introduction of Senate Bill 13-252 yesterday. In dropping the bill, members of the Colorado Senate and House admitted that the state’s law imposing a renewable energy standard is [...]
by Michael Conger Washington Examiner Two conservative groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for instant- message records for several top officials, including former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s “Richard Windsor” account and Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s choice to succeed Jackson. The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the American Tradition Institute have sued for IM chats from [...]
