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5 08, 2014

Horner: EPA’s Gina McCarthy broke the law by destroying official text messages and should resign

2014-08-06T16:19:12-04:00August 5th, 2014|EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Chris Horner As Appearing in the Washington Examiner Text messages sent on a private telephone between Maureen McDonnell, wife of Bob McDonnell, and businessman Johnnie Williams are key evidence in the corruption trial of the formerVirginia governor, according to the Washington Post. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s aides also produced text messages in the “Bridgegate” investigation, again using private telephones. [...]

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28 07, 2014

Oil & Gas Journal: States with fracking are economically stronger, House panel told

2014-07-28T15:43:55-04:00July 28th, 2014|Fracking, Media Coverage, Tanton, Testimony|

by Nick Snow Oil & Gas Journal US states that embraced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling staged stronger economic recoveries than those that did not since 2008 when the country plunged into recession, an economist told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. “In those states that have chosen to pursue energy development, output and jobs have grown faster than [...]

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24 07, 2014

Surf KY News: Whitfield Investigates Impacts of Energy Policies on Jobs

2014-07-25T07:20:30-04:00July 24th, 2014|Media Coverage, Tanton, Testimony|

by Marty Irby Surf KY News Group WASHINGTON (7/24/14) — The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing on 'Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies.' The hearing examined the economic impacts from the differing energy policies of the various states, as well as how federal [...]

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22 07, 2014

Open Virginia Law: Va’s top court orders mysterious damages in climate change FOIA case

2016-12-11T17:07:57-05:00July 22nd, 2014|E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Petition Litigation|

by Open Virginia Law Earlier this month, the Daily Progress and other media reported that the Supreme Court of Virginia awarded $250 in damages to climate scientist Michael Mann and the University of Virginia in a prominent Virginia FOIA lawsuit that we wrote about in April. (See also petitioners’ case documents webpage.)... It borders on epic understatement to say that the Supreme Court [...]

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18 07, 2014

Daily Caller: Watchdog: EPA IG Report Provides Cover For ‘Transparency Abuses’

2014-07-21T16:35:52-04:00July 18th, 2014|EPA, Media Coverage, Report, Transparency|

by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency inspector general has been accused of covering up Obama administration “transparency abuses violating several federal laws” by conservatives in the wake of a report ostensibly absolving the agency any wrongdoing in handling government records requests. A recent EPA IG report claimed there was “no indications of [...]

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17 07, 2014

The Daily Progress: Climate fine shows value of freedom

2016-12-11T17:07:57-05:00July 17th, 2014|Climategate, E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Richardson|

by The Daily Progress What a letdown. And what an irony. The Virginia Supreme Court levied damages of just $250 against the nonprofit Energy & Environment Legal Institute in its bid to obtain climate researcher Michael Mann’s emails while he was a professor at the University of Virginia... The institute says that even though it [...]

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16 07, 2014

Heartlander: New York Municipalities Can Ban Fracking, New York High Court Rules

2014-07-21T09:56:17-04:00July 16th, 2014|Fracking, Media Coverage, Tanton|

by Alyssa Carducci Heartlander Magazine New York’s highest court ruled municipalities can use zoning laws to ban hydraulic fracturing, adding to the frustration energy producers are experiencing in the state. The New York Court of Appeals voted 5-2 to allow municipalities to ban fracking, affirming more than 170 municipalities in the state that have enacted [...]

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16 07, 2014

Washington Post: State supreme court awards $250 to U-Va. and climate scientist Michael Mann [Headline inaccurate, Mann was awarded nothing]

2014-07-17T09:57:11-04:00July 16th, 2014|Climategate, E&E Legal v. UofA, Media Coverage, Schnare|

by Ileana Najarro Washington Post [Note from E&E Legal General Counsel David Schnare, who explained this to the Washington Post reporter: "There is a lot of misunderstanding about the $250 'damages' assessed by the Court. Any appellant that loses their appeal in the Virginia Supreme Court has to make this payment to the opposing party. [...]

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16 07, 2014

Washington Times: EPA showed no bias in records-request decisions: IG

2014-07-16T15:15:46-04:00July 16th, 2014|EPA, Media Coverage, Report, Transparency|

by Stephan Dinan Washington Times The EPA’s inspector general concluded that the agency did not show bias in denying fee waivers on open-records requests from conservative-leaning groups while approving those from liberal-leaning groups, according to an audit released Wednesday... The Energy & Environment Legal Institute, a conservative-leaning group that has regularly battled the EPA over [...]

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16 07, 2014

Greenwire: IG clears agency of bias on FOIA fees; critic disagrees

2014-07-16T15:01:16-04:00July 16th, 2014|EPA, Horner, Media Coverage, Report, Transparency|

Kevin Bogardus E&E reporter The Environment & Energy Legal Institute, a conservative-leaning group, blasted U.S. EPA in a new report over allegations of bias against agency critics' public records fee waiver requests. But EPA's inspector general office released its own report today that it found no evidence of favoring certain groups over others while processing Freedom of [...]

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