E&E Legal’s Steve Milloy on WJR’s Steve Beckmann Radio Show
On March 10, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Steve Milloy was on WJR's Steve Beckmann Talk Radio to discuss why and how to fix the EPA. Listen now.
10 03, 2017
6 03, 2017
Tanton: DOE’s EERE: Reform Ideas for Secretary Perr
by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment, and Mark Krebs As appearing in MasterResource ...With a renewed focus on energy consumers and less on environmental cronyism, DOE can gain new found respect from the American public and help drive a resurgent economy. With this purpose in mind, we offer the following [...]
6 03, 2017
Daily Caller: This Bill Would Block EPA From Using ‘Secret Science’ To Write Regulations
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller House lawmakers introduced legislation to block the EPA from appointing science advisers who are currently taking money from the agency. The bill stipulates EPA advisers “shall have no current grants or contracts from the [EPA] and shall not apply for a grant or contract for 3 years following the [...]
1 03, 2017
Courthouse News Service: Suit Probes State Ties to Climate-Change Groups
by Brandi Buchman Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) – Fearing that the State Department helped organize climate-change activists before President Barack Obama left office, a coal-funded think tank has brought a federal complaint to access the agency’s emails. The group behind Monday’s lawsuit is called the Energy and Environment Legal Institute. Read more.
28 02, 2017
Richardson’s Statement on President Trump’s Waters of the United States Executive Order Signing
Craig Richardson, president of the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, issued the following statement regarding President Trump's signing of an executive order instructing that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule: President Donald Trump broke down a major barrier to economic [...]
28 02, 2017
E&E Daily: Conservative group suit hunts for Obama-China coordination
by Hannah Hess E&E News Reporter A conservative free market group sued the State Department yesterday for records related to possible involvement by environmental advocacy groups in the department's efforts to collaborate with China on climate during the Obama administration. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the [...]
27 02, 2017
Daily Caller: Lawsuit: Obama Officials, Activists, China Worked To Keep The ‘Climate Gravy Train Chugging’
by Michael Bastasch Daily Caller A government watchdog is suing the Department of State for records it believes point to collusion between Obama administration officials, environmentalists and the Chinese to keep the “climate gravy train chugging” after the administration ended. The Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) sued the Trump administration Monday for ignoring a Freedom of [...]
27 02, 2017
Washington Examiner: Trump sued to disclose Chinese green lobbying scheme
by John Siciliano Washington Examiner The Trump administration is being sued for records that conservative groups believe will reveal attempts by green activists and China to thwart actions by the new administration to exit from last year's Paris climate change deal. Two conservative free-market groups, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute and Free Market Environmental [...]
27 02, 2017
E&E Legal Again Forced to Sue State Department for Public Records
For Immediate Release: February 27, 2017 Contact: David Sanders Sanders@eelegal.org 202-810-2001 E&E Legal Again Forced to Sue State Department for Public Records Department fails to even acknowledge Request for specific correspondence with and about key green lobbyist who boasted of recruitment by China to organize Post-Obama Climate Agenda Washington, DC – Today the Energy & [...]
17 02, 2017
Biodiesel Magazine: Amid controversy, Pruitt confirmed as US EPA administrator
by Anna Simet and Ron Kotrba Biodiesel Magazine In a 54-46 vote, Scott Pruitt has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as administrator of the U.S. EPA. President Donald J. Trump nominated Pruitt—arguably the most controversial of Trump’s cabinet nominees—as EPA administrator in early December. Pruitt was attorney general of Oklahoma since November 2010. Prior to [...]