On September 19, 2024, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) joined nearly 30 other free-market-oriented organizations in an American Energy Association (AEA)-led effort to send a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives supporting a resolution disapproving the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) tailpipe emissions rule. As the letter notes: This rule [...]
On August 16, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) joined numerous other free-market-oriented organizations in a Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)-led effort to remind Congress of the economy-killing legislation they imposed on the American people two years ago. As the letter notes: Today marks the second anniversary of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act of [...]
As Appearing on the Competitive Enterprise Institute E&E Legal joined several other right-of-center energy and environment organizations including the Competitive Entprise (CEI), Heartland, American Energy Alliance, and C-Fact, in sending a letter to Congress to "ensure" that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) "Green New Deal-type policies quickly come to an end." The letter notes, [...]
by Lawrence Wilson Epoch Times House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) believes the sweeping energy bill passed by the House has a chance of becoming law despite the statement that it will be “dead on arrival” in the Senate by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and indications from the White House that President Joe Biden would [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When California passed legislation banning the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035, and 14 states prepared to follow suit, many observers questioned the practicality of the lofty goal. There are not enough electric cars made in the world to replace California’s [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The “agreement” supposedly reached between Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and his party leaders to pass a major permitting reform bill has fallen apart, as discussed last week. But it also highlighted one of the most consequential debates in modern politics. Several [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The author of one of America’s most famous autobiographies, The Education of Henry Adams, wrote that “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin must be wondering where his influence stops. With [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing in the Washington Times The House Republicans have renamed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “America COMPETES Act” as the “America CONCEDES Act.” But COMPETES is worse than that. It should be called the “America TRICKED and BETRAYED Act.” COMPETES, short for “Creating Opportunities for [...]
by Chris White Daily Caller Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a 538-page climate plan Tuesday that is designed to eliminate the U.S. economy’s contributions to global warming. The plan seeks to address climate change through a combination of government mandates, tax incentives and revamped infrastructure, according to the Washington Post. The proposal comes as lawmakers and [...]
On December 10, E&E Legal joined the American Energy Alliance (AEA), Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and more than 30 other free-market organizations in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell objecting "to any deal that extends, expands, or enlarges the electric vehicle tax credit," as the letter says. The joint correspondence goes on to say: The [...]
