by Karen Kidd Legal NewsLine TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – New Jersey is ahead of the rest of the country in using private lawyers to sue manufacturing companies over chemicals known as PFAS, whose toxicity levels are still being determined by federal regulators while lawsuits stack up. In March, the state's Department of Environmental Protection [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In June of 1954, the career of Sen. Joseph McCarthy began to implode when an Army lawyer, Joseph Welch, interrupted with his now-famous, "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" The anti-communist investigations soon ended, and senators voted to censure McCarthy. [...]
by Chris Woodward OneNewsNow.com Saying the nation cannot regulate itself out of climate change, a GOP lawmaker on Capitol Hill has introduced what he calls a "Green Real Deal." OneNewsNow spoke with someone who says the congressman is trying to "snatch defeat from the jaws of victory." "History will judge harshly my Republican colleagues who [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Bayard Taylor wrote, "And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, the poppy's bonfire spread." He could have been describing the famous poppy fields in Lake Elsinore, California. They cover the hillsides so colorfully that they are a popular destination for [...]
by E&E Legal Craig Richardson As appearing in RealClear Energy Thanks to a decades-old system of good-ole boy politics and cozy relationships between elected officials and judges, Louisiana has earned one of the worst reputations in the nation for offering “jackpot justice” in the courts. Frivolous and corrupt lawsuits abound. For example, many businesses in [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in the Daily Sentinel If we switched all our electric generation to wind energy, how much brighter would our future be? We have been warned about the effects of climate change for years, and a fairly strong majority of Americans believe there is cause for [...]
by Alex Newman The New American A massive coalition of environmental organizations, activists, and think-tank leaders [including E&E Legal] signed a letter to President Donald Trump supporting the proposed Presidential Commission on Climate Security (PCCS), as well as the work of Trump climate and national security adviser Dr. William Happer of Princeton University. The campaign, [...]
by Chris White Daily Caller A parent of one of the children suing the U.S. government for not doing enough to confront climate change has a long criminal record connected to her attempts to derail energy projects. Her legal history has flown under the radar as the litigation gains more media traction. Jayden Foytlin is [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Let's say we're neighbors. You have a beautiful and valuable car, and you decide to sell it. But I like looking at it in your driveway, so I might offer you even more than it's worth — not to sell it. [...]
by Tomas Kassahun Legal Newsline NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – In a brief filed March 7 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said it supports the dismissal of New York City's climate change lawsuit against the oil industry. According to the DOJ, the appeals court should [...]
