By Samantha Caravello Harvard Environmental Law Review Acting as laboratories for energy policy, some states have been much more effective than the federal government in promoting renewable energy development, often through the enactment of Renewable Portfolio Standards (“RPS”). RPSs require electricity-selling companies to generate a minimum percentage of their electricity from renewable sources. These minimum targets [...]
by Tom Tanton Senior Fellow, Reason Director of Science and Technology Assessment, E&E Legal Intermittent renewable energy sources like wind and solar are growing in use largely because of government regulations, favorable tax treatment and mandates. However, they impose hidden “integration” costs on the electrical grid that are shifted to California consumers and utility companies [...]
by Daniel Divilio Kent County News CHESTERTOWN — Environmentalists, members of the agriculture industry, watermen and others interested in the health and future of the Chesapeake Bay attended a forum held by the Maryland Public Policy Institute Tuesday, Oct. 28 at Washington College. The MPPI is a nonpartisan think tank that seeks to promote public [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency and politically connected activist groups have proposed a legal settlement that may ignore legal protections afforded to states under federal law and could force the closure of more coal-fired power plants across the country. Environmentalists and EPA officials will likely hail the deal as a [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett Heartland Institute The Energy and the Environment Legal Institute promotes free-market environmentalism through strategic litigation. David Schnare, General Counsel of E&E Legal, discusses several ongoing actions, including E & E Legals’ request that the IRS and FEC investigate the Sierra Club for illegal fundraising and improper electioneering activities. Read more and listen to the podcast.
H. Sterling Burnett Heartlander Magazine The Energy and Environment Legal Institute has requested multiple investigations into the Sierra Club. The filings have put the Sierra Club on the defensive. Violating Election Laws? In one action, EELI has requested the Federal Election Commission investigate the Sierra Club for potential federal and state financial disclosure violations. The [...]
Jean Chemnick E&E reporter Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans released emails between the Natural Resources Defense Council and U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy that they say show the group and agency colluded on a proposal for curbing greenhouse gases from power plants... Also today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute and the Free [...]
by Chad Groening One News Now The Energy & Environment Legal Institute has sent a letter to Federal Election Commission chair Lee Goodman, asking the FEC to investigate potential federal and state financial disclosure violations by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club recently was implicated in a $1 million ad buy aimed at smearing and defeating [...]
by Daniel Bush E&E Reporter A right-leaning legal institute is asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate Sierra Club Independent Action's political spending in Iowa, where the group is working to defeat Republican Senate nominee Joni Ernst. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute has accused the Sierra Club of funneling money to its super political [...]
ElectricityPolicy.com A nonprofit watchdog, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, has filed a document with the IRS alleging that the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Foundation are violating nonprofit tax laws, a charge the environmental groups vehemently denied. The institute, known as E&E Legal, said Sierra Club organizations are in potential noncompliance with IRS [...]
