Fox News: Green New Deal rollout rattles both sides of climate change debate
On February 23, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow joined Fox News to discuss the Green New Deal.
23 02, 2019
20 02, 2019
Bloomberg: ‘Climate Security’ Panel May Give White House Skeptics New Voice
by Ari Natter , Christopher Flavelle , and Jennifer A Dlouhy Bloomberg The White House is considering establishing a presidential committee to assess the consensus of scientists and the Pentagon that climate change poses a national security threat, according to a person familiar with the plan. The move, being spearheaded by William Happer, a physicist [...]
19 02, 2019
Los Angeles Times: Scientist says some pollution is good for you — a disputed claim Trump’s EPA has embraced
by Susanne Rust Los Angeles Times In early 2018, a deputy assistant administrator in the EPA, Clint Woods, reached out to a Massachusetts toxicologist best known for pushing a public health standard suggesting that low levels of toxic chemicals and radiation are good for people. “I wanted to check to see if you might have [...]
15 02, 2019
Liberty Headlines: Federal Court Sides with Trump Over Banning Obama’s EPA Cronies
by Michael Barnes Liberty Headlines A federal district court for the District of Columbia has upheld the Trump administration’s crackdown on cronyism within the Environmental Protection Agency. Tuesday’s ruling in the case Physicians for Social Responsibility vs. Wheeler was a big win for the Trump administration—but the case is far from settled, said Steve Milloy, a [...]
13 02, 2019
New American: Court Gives Trump EPA Victory Over Soros-funded Group
by James Murphy The New American On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld a Trump-era EPA rule that disqualifies scientists in receipt of grants from the EPA from holding any advisory position in the agency. During the Obama administration, many scientists given those highly coveted advisory positions were also being [...]
13 02, 2019
Daily Caller: DC District Court Hands Trump’s EPA A Major Victory Over Environmentalists
by Michael Bastasch, Energy Editor The Daily Caller The District of Columbia District Court granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) petition to dismiss legal action against a policy to prohibit scientists from receiving agency funding while sitting on advisory boards. EPA issued the policy directive in 2017 under former Administrator Scott Pruitt. A coalition of [...]
13 02, 2019
Press Release: DC Circuit upholds Trump EPA ban of conflicted science advisors
U.S. District Court for D.C. Upholds Trump EPA Ban of Conflicted Science Advisors E&E Legal's Steve Milloy Instrumental in Initiating and Pushing the Issue Forward For Immediate Release: February 13, 2019 Contact: Info@eelegal.org 202-810-2001 Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for DC upheld the Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) efforts to clean up cronyism in how coveted [...]
7 02, 2019
InsideSources: Are the Odds of an Infrastructure Bill Better After the SOTU?
by Erin Mundahl InsideSources Infrastructure is both the the bill that won’t pass and idea that won’t die. Last year, President Donald Trump pushed Congress to pass a $1.5 trillion package to help repair aging transportation and utility infrastructure around the country. That bill failed to get off the ground. This year, the president was [...]
1 02, 2019
Walcher: Compared to what?
By Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Sentinel If I said my eyes have an optical power of more than 50 dioptres, would you say that is impossible? Or perfectly normal? Or like most people, would you ask, "What in the world is a dioptre?" Context matters. In today's [...]
1 02, 2019
Delingpole: The Frozen Hell Outside Your Window Is What Global Warming Looks Like
By James Delingpole Breitbart Your Week in Global Warming The Midwest and Northeast are being ravaged by the Polar Vortex. Illinois has recorded its coldest temperature on record. Aurora, Illinois has recorded the coldest afternoon on record. Mail deliveries and flights have been cancelled. Governors in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan have declared emergencies... Here is [...]