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17 05, 2017

Press Release: E&E Legal Files Motion Asking Court to Intervene in Ongoing State Department Stonewall of Paris Climate Treaty Records

2017-06-21T09:58:41-04:00May 17th, 2017|Conflict of Interest, Horner, Press Releases, Richardson, State, Stonewalling, Suits|

E&E Legal Files Motion Asking Court to Intervene in Ongoing State Department Stonewall of Records Relating to Paris Climate Treaty, Reveal the Scheme's "Business Validators", Correspondence with and About Department's Partners in Advocacy In productions under 2015 litigation, State continues to redact information that agencies regularly release, and information it has disclosed to reporters, others.  At [...]

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16 05, 2017

Courthouse News Service: EPA Inaction Sends Both Left & Right to Court

2017-05-21T15:19:38-04:00May 16th, 2017|EPA, Media Coverage, Stonewalling, Suits|

by Tim Ryan Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) – Missing statutory deadlines drew federal complaints Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency both from conservationists and a coal-funded right-wing think tank... In the same court Monday, the EPA was hit with a federal complaint by...the Energy and Environment Legal Institute. Amid reports of infighting at the [...]

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17 04, 2017

Burlington Free Press: AG’s office cites broad exemption from public records law

2017-04-17T19:24:10-04:00April 17th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, Suits|

by April McCullum Burlington Free Press A lawyer at the Vermont Attorney General's Office is claiming a broad exemption from transparency laws to defend the denial of a public records request. Chief Assistant Attorney General William Griffin argued in court last month that work at the Attorney General's Office generally is exempt from state public-records laws, unlike [...]

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12 04, 2017

Heartland: Fighting Liar With Fire: NY Attorney General Schneiderman Gets Successfully Sued

2017-04-12T08:14:49-04:00April 12th, 2017|AG Collusion, Billionaire Scammers, Conflict of Interest, Green Groups, Media Coverage, Rockefeller's, Scandal, Stonewalling, Suits|

by Seton Motley Heartland Institute New York Democrat Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is the hack-est of hacks.  A Leftist ideologue to the point of derangement – and complete dereliction of his actual duty.Rather than looking after the legal needs of the residents of the Empire State, Schneiderman has spent much of his time tilting at [...]

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11 04, 2017

Daily Caller: Legal Group Wants ‘Partisan’ AG Punished Over Handling Of High-Profile Public Records Request

2017-04-11T18:03:39-04:00April 11th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, RICO, State, Suits|

by Chris White Daily Caller A conservative legal group is asking Vermont lawmakers to punish the state attorney general for his handling of a public records request regarding a high-profile investigation into Exxon Mobil. Attorney General T.J. Donovan’s office decides whether to respond to public records requests for partisan reasons, according to the D.C.-based legal [...]

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7 04, 2017

Vermont Watchdog: Vermont AG’s office admits it blocked public records release based on requesters’ politics

2017-04-07T19:04:35-04:00April 7th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, RICO, Suits|

by Michael Bielawski VermontWatchdog.org The Vermont Attorney General’s office chooses which public records requests it will honor after Googling requesters’ political leanings, an attorney admitted during oral arguments in a recent transparency case. On June 13, 2016, attorneys for the Energy and Environment Legal Institute and Free Market Environmental Law Clinic sued Vermont’s attorney general for withholding public records [...]

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7 04, 2017

Seven Days: Suit Challenges What Vermont’s AG Can Keep Confidential

2017-04-07T19:00:04-04:00April 7th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Hardin, Media Coverage, Suits|

by Alicia Freese Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice A lawsuit filed by a free-market nonprofit in Washington, D.C., is raising questions about how Vermont’s Office of the Attorney General responds to public records requests. Last summer, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute asked for information from multiple attorneys general about a potential multi-state investigation into [...]

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6 04, 2017

VT Digger: Vermont Attorney General Justifies Broad Denial Of Records

2017-04-06T18:49:33-04:00April 6th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Hardin, Media Coverage, Silencing Dissenters, Suits|

by Anne Galloway VT Digger A national conservative group has taken the Vermont Attorney General’s office to court over allegations that state officials have blocked release of public records for political reasons. The Energy and Environment Legal Institute, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., has sued over communications between the attorneys general of Vermont and [...]

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3 04, 2017

Daily Caller: Legal Group Claims Vermont AG Cherry Picks Who Can Access Public Info

2017-04-03T16:00:12-04:00April 3rd, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, RICO, Scandal, Suits, War on Coal|

by Chris White The Daily Caller A conservative legal group claimed Monday that Vermont’s attorney general withholds public information requests from groups that appear friendly toward ExxonMobil. Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan questions the motives of groups seeking access to public information, E&E Legal told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a press statement. The [...]

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3 04, 2017

Press Release: In Important Open Records Arguments Over Hidden Correspondence With Activists, Attorney General Admits Withholding Records Based on Requester’s Identity

2017-04-03T10:18:23-04:00April 3rd, 2017|Common Interest Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Press Releases, RICO, Scandal, Suits|

For Immediate Release: April 3, 2017 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org Washington, D.C. -- Last week, E&E Legal appeared in three courtrooms in a span of 24 hours in its continuing campaign to ensure public access to records generated by activist state attorneys general using their prosecutorial powers to stifle political dissent on climate change issues and [...]

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