by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Wall Street Journal The Trump administration in May began the process of replacing the small army of outside science advisers at the Environmental Protection Agency. In June, 38 additional EPA advisers were notified that their appointments would not be renewed in August. To [...]
On July 3, 2017, E&E Legal Attorney Mathew Hardin joined the Schilling Show on WINA to discuss our latest climate Related FOIA requests. Listen here.
by Kendra Gravelle Narragansett Times PROVIDENCE—Legislation to protect scientists and academic researchers from being required to disclose early research through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) data requests has officially been signed into law. Gov. Gina Raimondo signed the legislation Tuesday, after the House passed a bill by a 58-6 vote in January and the Senate [...]
by Ron Arnold As Appearing in the Canada Free Press Donald Trump’s EPA is facing a tsunami of vitriol for trying to drain the DC swamp of rogue regulators that rule with made-to-order scientific lies and invented threats, such as its ruling that the carbon dioxide which makes life on Earth possible is a pollutant. [...]
by Tom Johnson New Jersey Spotlight The Trump administration yesterday formally began the process of repealing a rule that extended protections to small streams and wetlands, a step environmentalists warned could degrade water quality in New Jersey and elsewhere around the nation. The proposal, announced by the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Administrator Scott Pruitt during [...]
Craig Richardson, president of the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announcement today regarding its plans to rescind the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule: “Earlier this year, President Trump took a significant step in returning [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller A conservative legal group said Wednesday that elements within the Trump administration are hiding evidence showing government officials coordinated with outside lobbying groups while negotiating aspects of the Paris agreement on climate change. Attorneys for the Department of State filed court documents Monday in response to an E&E Legal’s open records [...]
For Immediate Release: June 21, 2017 Contact: Craig Richardson info@eelegal.org 202-810-2001 State Department Attempts to Change Rules in Response to E&E Legal Suit in order to Avoid Releasing Requested Paris Treaty Records Washington, D.C. – Yesterday Attorneys for the State Department filed a brief in response to the Energy & Environment Legal Insitute's (E&E Legal's) May Motion for Summary Judgment with the [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Washington Times It’s great news the Trump administration is starting to dismantle the junk science life-support system for government overregulation. Budget cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and reforms of science advisory panels at the Department of Interior and EPA, stir hope [...]
For Immediate Release: June 19, 2017 Contact: Craig Richardson info@eelegal.org 202-810-2001 E&E Legal Files a Motion to Renew and Reargue with New York Supreme Court Concerning OAG FOIL Case Over Revelation of AG Efforts to Hide Schneiderman Use of Private E-mail New York, NY – Late last week, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), acting on newly revealed information about [...]
