by Anthony Watts Watts Up With That In a clear slap in the face, the Virginia Supreme Court awarded Michael E. Mann and the University of Virginia a piddling $250 in damages in the email FOIA case. Showing the triviality of the manner, the court’s order (shown here) didn’t even specify the rationale for the derisory amount... UPDATE: From David [...]
by Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — The Virginia Supreme Court has awarded $250 damages to the University of Virginia and former professor Michael Mann in a case that involved Mann's emails regarding climate change. The court's recent order only states the amount of damages that the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute must pay. It doesn't [...]
by Bryan McKenzie The Daily Progress It’s not the size of the penalty, it’s the principle behind it, but that principle depends on which side you’re on. The state Supreme Court has ordered the nonprofit Energy & Environment Legal Institute to pay $250 in damages to former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann and the [...]
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 [...]
By Julian Hattem The Hill A group of conservative and environmental organizations is suing the National Security Agency (NSA) in order to obtain records about top officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... However, along with the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic and the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, the conservative group claims that the [...]
The Denver Post Editorial Board Green energy proponents scored a big win recently when a federal judge dismissed a challenge to Colorado's renewable energy standard. However, the fight over clean power generation requirements is far from over. This case is one of many attacks on renewable energy mandates playing out around the country. And even though the [...]
by Craig Richardson Executive Director, E&E Legal The U.S. District Court for Colorado on May 9 cleared the path for appellate review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit whether Colorado can force renewable energy producers in other states to meet Colorado regulations. The District Court decision is in stark contrast to a decision [...]
David Schraub, Covington & Burling LLP The National Law Review A Colorado federal district court Friday rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s renewable energy portfolio law, concluding that it did not impose animpermissible burden on interstate commerce. Thirty states and the District of Columbia have enacted renewable portfolio standards, which typically require that a specified percentage of energy [...]
by David McAfee Law350 Law360, Los Angeles (May 09, 2014, 8:10 PM ET) -- A Colorado federal judge on Friday rejected the plaintiffs’ bid for a declaration that Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard statute, which requires the state’s utility companies to obtain more electricity from renewable sources, is unconstitutional, saying the plaintiffs failed to show that [...]
