by David W. Schnare, E&E Legal General Counsel As Appearing in The Hill The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has begun an inquiry using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to educate the public and policymakers on what are increasing, and increasingly expensive, questions surrounding what appears to be an activist, loosely affiliated [...]
by Bonner Cohen Heartland Institute In a closely watched decision, the San Bernardino, California County Board of Supervisors (SBBOS) voted 3–2 to reject a controversial solar-energy facility in California’s scenic Mojave Desert. The board rejected the facility by declining to certify permits required under state law... Critics of government-mandated and subsidized renewable-energy products were also [...]
by Bob Unruh WND It was a year ago when a long list of scientists wrote to the Obama administration urging the federal government to use RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, against global-warming skeptics... Now the tables are turned. A mathematician and software engineer has filed a lawsuit in Texas naming dozens [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller Hillary Clinton political operative John Podesta suggested environmental billionaire Tom Steyer head the Energy Department in 2008, according to emails released Monday by WikiLeaks. Podesta, the chairman of Clinton’s Democratic presidential campaign, has been the target of WikiLeaks illegally obtained emails. The former Chief of Staff for President Bill [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett The Heartland Institute Mathematician and software engineer Leonid Goldstein filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on September 12, 2016, against what he says is a “climate alarmism enterprise” (CAE). The alleged CAE consists of more then 40 environmental groups, green investment funds, and [...]
by Bonner Cohen The Heartland Institute California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation on September 8 that slaps new, more-stringent restrictions on emissions of manmade greenhouse gases. Brown signed two bills into law. The first is Senate Bill 32, which was sponsored by state Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills). It extends and expands California’s already [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller The billionaire environmentalist widely considered responsible for pushing the Democratic Party toward anti-fossil fuel policies contributed $800,000 to help coordinate the 2016 Democratic National Committee, according to financial reports. Former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer’s super PAC, NextGen Climate, donated the six-figure sum to help pay down the costs [...]
by Catherine Boudreaux Politico The agency has been sued under the Freedom of Information Act for failing to release public documents related to its use and review of studies from the Ramazzini Institute, an Italian research organization that has raised questions about the safety of such chemicals as glyphosate and aspartame. In a complaint filed [...]
by Jack Fitzgerald Morning Consult A conservative legal group filed a lawsuit Thursday with the D.C. Circuit Court against the Environmental Protection Agency in a back-and-forth over information regarding the agency’s research into whether a widely used herbicide could cause cancer. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed an action under the Freedom of Information [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett The Heartland Institute With waning support from other state's attorney's general for his climate lawsuits, New York AG Eric Schneiderman is now focusing Exxon's reports to investors. Seventeen state attorneys general (AGs) are backing away from their prior commitment to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s investigation of ExxonMobil’s past climate [...]
