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18 04, 2014

Roanoke Times: Va. justices: Former UVa climate scientist’s emails can be withheld; The ruling drew applause from academics, but concern from advocates of open government.

2016-12-11T17:07:59-05:00April 18th, 2014|E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Petition Litigation|

by Frank Green Richmond Times-Dispatch The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the emails of a former University of Virginia climate scientist are exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The justices also upheld a circuit court decision requiring the American Tradition Institute to pay for the university’s costs in searching [...]

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17 04, 2014

Chronicle of Higher Education: Virginia Supreme Court Rules for UVa and Climate Scientist in Records Suit

2016-12-11T17:07:59-05:00April 17th, 2014|E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Schnare|

by Nick DeSantis Chronicle of Higher Education The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative group’s attempt to obtain the records of a climate scientist and former professor at the University of Virginia, the Associated Press reported. The case focused on whether the state’s open-records law exempted a range of documents deemed by the university to [...]

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17 04, 2014

Associated Press: Virginia justices reject conservative group’s attempt to obtain climate researcher’s emails

2014-04-17T14:16:26-04:00April 17th, 2014|E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Schnare|

by Larry O'Dell Associated Press RICHMOND, Virginia — The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative group's attempt to obtain a University of Virginia climate researcher's emails... David W. Schnare, the institute's lawyer, said the court mischaracterized the organization's position. He said the institute agreed that the university could protect records whose release would [...]

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17 04, 2014

Law360: Va. High Court Lets School Shield Climatologist’s Emails

2016-12-11T17:07:59-05:00April 17th, 2014|E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage, Petition Litigation, Schnare|

by Sean McLernon Law360 Law360, New York (April 17, 2014, 5:53 PM ET) -- The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an environmental policy think tank from gaining access to email records from a former University of Virginia climate scientist, ruling that the academic's personal correspondence relating to his research isn't a matter of public [...]

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16 04, 2014

Watts Up With That: Decision expected tomorrow in Mann UVa FOIA case

2016-12-11T17:07:59-05:00April 16th, 2014|E&E Legal vs. UVA, Media Coverage|

by Anthony Watts Watts Up With That At the blog “Open Virginia Law” they are discussing the Mann case and potential impacts, as a new session results will be published from the Supreme Court of Virginia, and it’s likely the Mann/UVa case is one of them. Insiders tell me that even if Mann/UVa loses, they’ll likely [...]

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15 04, 2014

Megawatt Daily: FERC faces FOIA suit over enforcement documents

2014-04-15T15:41:39-04:00April 15th, 2014|FME Law, FME Law v. FERC, Media Coverage|

by Megawatt Daily A conservative legal group has teamed up with a trading fund in asking a federal court to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to turn over documents related to its investigation of alleged manipulation of up-to congestion (UTC) transactions in PJM Interconnection. STS Energy Partners LP and their counsel from the Free [...]

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15 04, 2014

RTO Insider: FERC, CFTC Reject Due Process Complaints

2014-04-15T15:33:35-04:00April 15th, 2014|FME Law, FME Law v. FERC, Media Coverage|

by RTO Insider WASHINGTON — For one hour last week, it was the government on the defense. Top enforcement officials of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission assured energy lawyers they respect the due process rights of investigative targets, rejecting allegations that they have employed heavy-handed tactics. “I think FERC [...]

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11 04, 2014

The Blaze TV: EPA Fails to Disclose Risks in Human Testing

2014-05-01T16:08:22-04:00April 11th, 2014|EPA 2.5 Human Experimentation Suit, Media Coverage, Petition Litigation, Schnare|

Andrew Wilkrow, Host The Blaze TV E&E Legal's General Counsel David Schnare appeared on The Blaze TV to discuss the immorality of EPA using human "guinnea pigs" to test the effects of PM2.5.  The show description is as follows: The Environmental Protection Agency tested dangerous pollutants not on animals but people, including children. According to [...]

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8 04, 2014

Washington Examiner: EPA’s secret gas chamber experiments: A deceitful failure

2014-04-09T13:31:28-04:00April 8th, 2014|EPA 2.5 Human Experimentation Suit, Media Coverage, Milloy, PM2.5|

by Ron Arnold Washington Examiner A man — we’ll call him “Subject No. 1” — had a clear plastic pipe stuck into his mouth with his lips sealed around it, while the diesel exhaust from a parked truck outside the gas chamber was mixed with particulate matter and pumped straight into his lungs. The pumped [...]

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6 04, 2014

Fox and Friends Weekend: Report: EPA Tested Deadly Pollutants on Humans Without Always Disclosing Risks

2014-04-06T19:35:13-04:00April 6th, 2014|EPA 2.5 Human Experimentation Suit, Media Coverage, PM2.5, Schnare|

by Fox News Insider As seen on Fox and Friends Weekend A shocking new report says the Environmental Protection Agency tested deadly pollutants on humans without always informing them of the risks. The EPA inspector general report found that, overall, the EPA "followed applicable regulations" when it exposed 81 test subjects to "concentrated airborne particles or [...]

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