by Michael Bastasch Washington Examiner Two sources within the Environmental Protection Agency have told government watchdog groups that the Obama administration interfered with investigations of hydraulic fracturing during the 2012 presidential campaign Read more
by Erica Martinson Politico After years of digging political dirt on the climate movement, Chris Horner has suddenly struck gold in stoking the GOP’s transparency crusade against the Environmental Protection Agency. Horner’s near-obsessive focus on unearthing federal officials’ emails, instant messages and other digital records inspired the congressional flap over former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s secondary [...]
by Henry Miller, Fellow, Hoover Institute The Daily Caller The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that the federal government will not classify or treat individuals in a discriminatory manner. That fundamental right derives from England’s Magna Carta, in which King John promised that “no free man shall be taken or imprisoned … or [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller Republican lawmakers are launching an investigation into claims that the Environmental Protection Agency, while giving preferential treatment to environmental groups, made it harder for conservative groups to obtain government records. Read more
For Immediate Release – May 16, 2013 Contact: Craig Richardson, Executive Director, American Tradition Institute craig.r@atinstitute.org ATI Declares That EPA's "Programatic Audit" Into The Agency's Practice of Granting Fee Waivers to Environmental Groups While Denying Them to Conservatives Is Not Enough Washington, D.C. - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), rocked by documentary evidence -- its [...]
by Erica Martinson Politico Amid allegations from House Republicans that it showed a bias for liberal groups, the EPA will audit its fee-waiver process for Freedom of Information Act requests, acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe said Thursday. “We’ve just seen the scandal that’s erupted over the IRS targeting conservative groups,” Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) said to [...]
by Michel Conger Washington Examiner Acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Bob Perciasepe has asked the Inspector General for the EPA to investigate claims the agency hindered inquiries by conservative groups by charging fees routinely waived for watchdog and media groups. Perciasepe announced the request for an audit of the agency’s Freedom of Information Act request [...]
by Jay Hayward Human Events The Environmental Protection Agency would like you to know it can abuse its power to punish Barack Obama’s political enemies as well as the next agency, thank you very much. In this case, it’s more a question of first-class seating and concierge service for Obama’s political allies, while those nasty [...]
by Michel Conger Washington Examiner Environmental Protection Agency officials bullied a contractor into cutting ties with an air policy coalition designed to help states with cumbersome EPA clean air rules, the American Tradition Institute said Thursday. ATI filed a Freedom of Information Act request for EPA emails, instant messages and text messages related to the [...]
For Immediate Release – April 25, 2013 Contact: Craig Richardson, Executive Director, American Tradition Institute craig.r@atinstitute.org ATI Files FOIA Request with EPA; Request Seeks Discussions Of Alleged Shakedown Of Private Contractor To Stop Working For Disfavored Group, Or Lose Government Business Washington – Today, the American Tradition Institute (ATI) filed a Freedom of Information request with the [...]
