by Chris White Daily Caller A New York court ordered AG Eric Schneiderman Thursday to fork over public information about elements of his climate crusade to a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C. New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in a case involving a series of documents conservatives believe could reveal a [...]
by Anthony Watts Watts Up With That A state judge in Texas has left the door open for ExxonMobil to seek deposition testimony from many of the key players who are the driving force behind climate change lawsuits from local governments like San Francisco, Oakland, and New York City. Exxon is claiming it is the [...]
by Todd Shepherd Washington Beacon Judge questions if lawsuits were brought 'for an improper purpose' A state judge in Texas has left the door open for ExxonMobil to seek deposition testimony from many of the key players who are the driving force behind climate change lawsuits from local governments like San Francisco, Oakland, and New [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow & Junkscience.com Publisher As Appearing in USA Today What Pruitt is really 'guilty' of is reining in the rogue Environmental Protection Agency President Trump should ignore calls to fire Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. As mountains are made of molehills and double standards are everywhere, regulatory [...]
by Carolynn Kormann The New Yorker [Ed. Note: Obviously the New Yorker and Kormann are far left and don't understand that transparency and sound science are the cornerstones of developing sound regulations. The 'public health' argument is a straw man with no basis in fact.] “Today is a red-letter day, a banner day,” Scott Pruitt, [...]
by James Delingpole Breitbart Scott Pruitt has signed a proposed rule banning “secret science” from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA reports: The rule will ensure that the regulatory science underlying Agency actions is fully transparent, and that underlying scientific information is publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent validation. “The era of [...]
by Heidi Vogt Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency plans to restrict research used in developing regulations, the agency said Tuesday, a change that could affect rules governing everything from household products to power-plant emissions. The proposal follows years of complaints by conservatives that regulations such as emissions restrictions under the Obama administration sometimes went [...]
By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis The Washington Post Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt moved Tuesday to limit what science can be used in writing agency regulations, a change long sought by conservatives. The proposed rule would only allow the EPA to consider studies where the underlying data is made available publicly... Conservatives, such [...]
by Robin Bravender E&E News reporter Scott Pruitt is expected today to unveil his plans to restrict science used by EPA, multiple sources told E&E News. The EPA administrator is slated to release an order requiring that all underlying data used in scientific studies affecting regulations be made public. The move fulfills a long-standing wish [...]
by Sean Moran Breitbart Four GOP establishment senators and ten House Republicans signed a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, asking him to save an Obama-era trucking rule. The New York Times reported on Thursday that Sens. Todd Young (R-IN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Richard Burr (R-NC) all [...]