Transparency

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 [...]

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 [...]

10 05, 2017

Statement by E&E Legal President Craig Richardson Re: U.S. Senate Methane Rule Vote

2017-05-15T13:13:15-04:00May 10th, 2017|Conflict of Interest, EPA, Press Releases, Richardson|

The following is a statement by E&E Legal's President Craig Richardson regarding the U.S. Senate's failure today to repeal Obama's methane rule: We are deeply disappointed with the outcome of today’s methane rule vote in the Senate, a measure that is projected to cost $530 million annually by 2025.  This Obama-era centralized planning approach to [...]

26 04, 2017

Milloy: Maybe It’s Time to Review the EPA’s Finding

2017-04-26T10:45:32-04:00April 26th, 2017|Bad Science, Endangerment Finding, EPA, Media Coverage, Milloy|

Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Letter to the Wall Street Journal Editor Regarding your editorial “Highway From the Endangerment Zone” (April 19): Many compelling reasons exist for revisiting the EPA’s endangerment finding for greenhouse gases. Based on email obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and other evidence, the Obama EPA may have [...]

18 04, 2017

Breitbart: Deep State Watch – Judicial Watch Sues EPA for Records from Encrypted App

2017-04-18T18:41:00-04:00April 18th, 2017|EPA, EPA Collusion, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Tom Fitton Breitbart News The administrative deep state – the legions of unelected, entrenched bureaucrats in Washington – thinks it doesn’t have to answer to an elected president, the rule of law, or the American people. We are now seeking to uncover the truth about the particularly notorious fifth column in the Environmental Protection [...]

12 04, 2017

Daily Caller: Legal Group Sues The EPA For Allegedly Using Apps To Thwart Government Transparency

2017-04-12T07:57:46-04:00April 12th, 2017|Conflict of Interest, EPA, EPA Collusion, Media Coverage, Transparency|

by Chris White April 12, 2017 A conservative legal group is seeking communications from EPA officials who may have used a cell phone encryption app to prevent government oversight. Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request Wednesday to obtain communications from agency employees who allegedly used the encryption app “Signal” to undercut President [...]

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 [...]

3 04, 2017

Stier: Who’s getting money from NIH?

2017-04-03T18:35:57-04:00April 3rd, 2017|Bad Science, Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, NIH, Transparency|

by Jeff Stier Heartland Institute A pair of foreign research organizations have gotten numerous grants for work of unclear value As  Democrats and the scientific establishment howl over President Trump's proposed budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Congress is investigating whether that agency misspent U.S. tax dollars to fund two European cancer [...]

3 04, 2017

National Review: A pair of foreign research organizations have gotten numerous grants for work of unclear value

2017-04-03T04:00:20-04:00April 3rd, 2017|Bad Science, International, Media Coverage, NIH, Scandal|

by Julie Kelly & Jeff Stier National Review A pair of foreign research organizations have gotten numerous grants for work of unclear value. As Democrats and the scientific establishment howl over President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Congress is investigating whether that agency misspent U.S. tax dollars to fund [...]

29 03, 2017

E&E Legal Letters Issue XIV: President Trump’s Clean Power Plan Executive Order Corrects Obama EPA’s Overreach

2017-03-29T15:35:49-04:00March 29th, 2017|"Climate Change", Clean Power Plan, E&E Legal Letters, EPA, Mandelbaum|

by Chaim Mandelbaum, FME Law Executive Director On March 28, President Trump signed an executive order directing the EPA to reconsider the Clean Power Plan imposed by the Obama Administration.  This order may temporarily halt the long running legal battle over the plan, thought it surely won’t end it. This directive by the President is critical in [...]

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