by Valerie Richardson Washington Times A newly released cache of government emails offers more evidence of behind-the-scenes collusion between the Environmental Protection Agency and green groups in crafting greenhouse-gas regulations, including an effort by one green lobbyist to enlist the EPA in fundraising. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute issued a report Tuesday based on [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) former head of policy described his private email account as a “channel” for “offline chats” with left-wing environmental lobbyists, according to newly released emails. Former EPA Policy director Michael Goo wrote to an environmental lobbyist in 2011 “if you want to have an offline [...]
Marcellus Drilling News A senior official in the Obama administration who works for the Environmental Protection Agency has a potty mouth. That’s probably the rule rather than the exception. However, this particular potty mouthed person–Michael Goo (formerly the EPA’s policy chief)–has been caught colluding with radical environmentalists at the nutty Sierra Club. Goo called some [...]
On September 16, E&E Legal's Senior Legal Fellow Chris Horner discussed the ongoing scandal involving several Attorneys General and their attempt to shut down climate change dissent on Audrey Russo's REELTalk radio program.
by Christopher Matthews Wall Street Journal On first blush, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s probe into Exxon MobilCorp.’s accounting practices raises some questions. For instance, why is the top cop in New York investigating the Texas-based company’s financial disclosures, a job more commonly handled by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission? But Mr. Schneiderman [...]
by John Siciliano The Washington Examiner A conservative group says it has uncovered a "scandalous" connection among billionaire climate change activist Tom Steyer, the Democratic Party and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who wants to run for governor. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute said Wednesday it uncovered new documents that add to questions [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller Deep-pocketed environmental groups have spent more than $3.3 million in the last week to support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s election bid and attack Republican opponent Donald Trump. NextGen Climate Action spent more than $1.4 million since Sept. 8 attacking Trump’s candidacy, mainly through a sizable digital advertising campaign, according [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller Environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer compared himself to David in a David and Goliath-like fight against wealthy conservative groups working to influence climate policy issues. “I see this as a David and Goliath situation, Steyer, who earned his billions as a hedge fund manager, said in an interview on This [...]
by Lachlan Markay The Washington Free Beacon A lobbyist tried to enlist a top Environmental Protection Agency official to help his environmental group raise money for advocacy campaigns supporting major EPA regulations, internal emails show. Conrad Schneider, the top lobbyist for the left-wing Clean Air Task Force, was in frequent contact with Michael Goo, EPA’s [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has gotten nearly $264,000 in campaign donations from monied individuals with ties to lawyers and environmentalists backing the Democratic prosecutor’s global warming investigation. Schneiderman, who’s been investigating whether or not ExxonMobil misled shareholders and the public about global warming, has gotten campaign contributions [...]