by Tom DiChristopher CNBC HOUSTON — Clips of President Donald Trump extolling the virtues of fossil fuels played over a bed of soaring music, in the well-appointed hotel ballroom, as images of coal miners and the Statue of Liberty flashed across the screen. When the video came to a close, the audience erupted in applause [...]
by Tom DiChristopher CNBC HOUSTON — Clips of President Donald Trump extolling the virtues of fossil fuels played over a bed of soaring music, in the well-appointed hotel ballroom, as images of coal miners and the Statue of Liberty flashed across the screen. When the video came to a close, the audience erupted in applause [...]
by Arnold Ahlert Patriot Post ...Steyer is free to spend his wealth as he sees fit, but the man who likened Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris accord on global warming as “a traitorous act of war against the American people” is as self-serving as anyone on the planet. His group, Next Gen Climate, is a [...]
by Cameron Langford Courthouse News HOUSTON (CN) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s director Scott Pruitt and speakers at a fossil fuels conference in Houston sponsored by right-wing groups had a mutual lovefest, with Pruitt praising the groups for their commitment to oil and gas and the groups lauding Pruitt for getting the EPA “out [...]
by Erin Mundahl Inside Sources According to the hashtag, ExxonKnew, but what it knew and when has doubtless been more complicated than New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and his supporters hoped when they first announced their lawsuit against ExxonMobil. This week, the tattered ExxonKnew campaign reached a significant milestone, turning two years old. Since [...]
by Timothy Cama The Hill Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt may face legal challenges over his decision to block grant recipients from serving on advisory committees. Environmentalists, Democrats and scientific societies have slammed Pruitt over the new policy, saying it unnecessarily blocks the best experts in their fields from giving the agency advice, [...]
by Craig Richardson, E&E Legal President As appearing in the Washington Examiner U.S. environmental organizations are perceived by many as independent voices within policy and political debates. They have historically championed land and resource protection, air and water pollution standards, and conservation of unique plant and animal species. In recent years, however, many environmental organizations [...]
by Julie Kelly National Review Scott Pruitt, Trump’s EPA administrator, is the top target of the anti-Trump lynch mob. He’s enduring daily attack pieces in the media and threats of violence against him and his family. It’s hard to think of any cabinet member — current or former — who has been subjected to more [...]
by Erin Mundahl Inside Sources This week, Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), the non-profit group engaged in litigation and public education on energy and environmental issues continued its slow pursuit of records relating to former Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell’s involvement in the ExxonKnew campaign. For more than a year, E&E Legal has [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will soon issue a directive to “ensure the independence and transparency and objectivity with respect to the scientific advice that we’re getting at the agency,” he said on Tuesday. Pruitt said he would issue a directive next week addressing potential conflicts of [...]
