NY Attorney General: Save the Clean Power Plan, Or Else

Guest essay by Eric Worrall New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who led the failed “Attorneys General United for Clean Power” effort to harass climate skeptics, is now demanding President-elect…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #251

Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Deliberate Ignorance – Where’s The Data?…

Don't mess with Texas – #ExxonKnew AG's to be hauled into court

Judge to haul state AGs to Texas for deposition Hannah Hess and Benjamin Hulac, E&E News reporters A federal judge in Texas has ordered the attorney general of Massachusetts to…

Federal Court Delivers Stunning Blow to Mass. AG and #ExxonKnew Campaign

By Katie Brown. (h/t to Matt Dempsey) In yet another stunning blow to the #ExxonKnew campaign, a federal judge today issued a discovery order against Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to…

From the No Schist, Sherlock Files: "Despite climate risks, utilities bet big on natural gas…"

Guest post by David Middleton For the fossil fuel industries, 2016 has been a terrible year. Amid historically low commodity prices and stricter environmental regulations, coal companies went bankrupt, oil…

AGU Rejects #ExxonKnew Agenda, Email shows more implosions from within

Emails Show Delaware AG Backed out of Schneiderman’s Climate Coalition Katie Brown, PhD. Energy in Depth Ever since the American Geophysical Union (AGU) – an international coalition of scientists –…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #242

The Week That Was: 2016-09-24 (September 24, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Madness is afoot

Reading the news today, it seems that lately the world is becoming increasingly entropic FUBAR thanks to government meddling in the name of climate and environment. Here is a sample…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #241

The Week That Was: 2016-09-17 (September 17, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)…

More data showing that #ExxonKnew is a dead campaign

People send me stuff. Today there was a protest in Washington D.C. near the congressional offices. You’d think that in the hot bed of politics, our nation’s capital, you could…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #239

The Week That Was: 2016-09-03 (September 3, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

RICO Charges Against 'Climate Deniers': A Case of Goose and Gander

Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball As the people in power, like Al Gore and the White House, see the false claim of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) losing public interest they…

Journalist: #ExxonKnew is 'completely unraveling'

Interview with Business World Columnist Holman Jenkins Jr. of the Wall Street Journal on how #ExxonKnew “is completely unraveling.”   Host: “It’s an attack on Big Oil and on free…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #238

The Week That Was: 2016-08-27 (August 27, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project   THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)…

What did ExxonMobil Know and When Did They Know it? (Part Quatre: "Is ExxonMobil Actually Only Worth A Fraction Of What It Says?")

Guest post by David Middleton In my previous posts regarding the lawless inquisition of ExxonMobil and its supposed climate cover-up, I’ve pretty well demonstrated that ExxonMobil (then Humble Oil, later Exxon)…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #237

The Week That Was: 2016-08-20 (August 20, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Witch hunt: Dem Attorney General #ExxonKnew Global Warming Investigation Likely Illegal, Says Law Expert

Posted By Chris White  A legal expert in financial law said the Democrat-lead probe targeting ExxonMobil is likely illegal and a ruse to paint those investigating the company as champions…

Letter shows #ExxonKnew Attorneys General caught up in unlawful collusion

AG Letter Reveals #ExxonKnew AG Campaign about Defending Obama Climate Legacy Washington, D.C. – On the heels of the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) releasing the copy of…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #235

The Week That Was: 2016-08-06 (August 6, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Leaked ‘Secrecy Pact’ document shows #ExxonKnew Attorneys General colluded to obstruct FOIA requests

From E&E Legal: State AG ‘Secrecy Pact’ Aimed at Thwarting Transparency Laws Released; E&E Legal Obtains Document From DC Following Litigation Washington D.C. -The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E…

More pushback: House science committee issues subpoenas for #ExxonKnew Attorney Generals, Union of Concerned Scientists

Earlier WUWT covered the closure of Britain’s Dept. of Energy and Climate Change, and yesterday we covered the shameless $2 million “please send money” ploy from UCS to bolster their coffers…

Uh, oh. Committee Ramps Up Investigation, Threatens Use of Compulsory Process Against Members of #RICO20

  WASHINGTON –  Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent letters to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and eight environmental…

Dem AGs Accused of Flouting Public Records Laws

(via Chris Horner) Conservative legal group blasts agreement to withhold documents BY: Lachlan Markay Freebeacon A conservative legal group is accusing state Democratic officials of conspiring to flout public records…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #231

THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) State Attorneys General: The chronology of the subpoena of certain records of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) by…