by Matthew Hardin, FME Law Counsel E&E Legal first sued the Vermont Attorney General in June of 2016, seeking records related to that Office's role in organizing a "climate-RICO" cabal among activist attorneys general, and private activists, targeting political opponents. Ordinarily, in public records suits, the law allows for a speedy resolution, because the law [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed suit today against the Department of Health and Human Services. This is the latest in a series of E&E Legal actions centering on the complex questions surrounding the agricultural chemical glyphosate, a recent target of environmentalist activists and, it seems, friends in government and academia. [...]
For Immediate Release: September 13 ,2017 Contact: [email protected] 202-810-2001 Washington, D.C. – The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) filed suit on Tuesday against the Department of Health and Human Services. This is the latest in a series of E&E Legal actions centering on the complex questions surrounding the agricultural chemical glyphosate, a recent target of environmentalist activists [...]
by Michael Bielawski True North Reports After a yearlong court battle against a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, the Vermont attorney general’s office says it has no records to turn over relating to a multi-state investigation of groups opposed to climate change policies. Attorney General TJ Donovan’s office on Monday sent a letter to the Energy and Environment [...]
by Elizabeth Hewitt VT Digger After fighting for a year not to release documents to a Washington-based nonprofit, the Vermont attorney general’s office now says there are no relevant records. Chief Assistant Attorney General Bill Griffin responded late Monday to a July court order that the state turn over records relevant to a request by [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller Vermont’s attorney general (AG) denied the existence of email documents showing the state’s involvement in a month’s long probe targeting fossil fuel groups, a conservative legal group reported Tuesday. Vermont’s AG office told E&E legal attorney Matthew Hardin during a court hearing Monday night that the state’s chief law enforcers [...]
For Immediate Release: August 7, 2017 Contact: [email protected] 202-810-2001 Washington, D.C. – On July 27th, a Vermont judge ruled favorably on two separate public records suits filed by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) against the Vermont Office of the Attorney General (OAG) related to that Office's role in organizing a "climate-RICO" cabal among activist attorneys [...]
The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute was forced to file suit (along with Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2) against the National Institute for Environmental Health Studies (NIEHS) a component of the Department of Health & Human Services, after NIEHS ignored two different FOIA requests made seeking public records, specifically proposals and contracts between the agency and the [...]
by Anne Galloway Vermont Digger In a victory for open records advocates, a Washington Superior Court judge has ruled that the Vermont attorney general’s office cannot categorically deny public access to documents. Judge Mary Miles Teachout ordered the AG’s office to release records to the Energy and Environment Legal Institute in 30 days. The institute, [...]
April McCullum Burlington Free Press A Vermont judge has rejected the argument that the Vermont Attorney General's Office is exempt from state public records law and ordered the office to release some documents. The Attorney General's Office had argued in a March court hearing that because it is a law office, all of its work [...]
