Former EPA Chief under the Obama Administration Gina McCarthy is now president and chief executive officer of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The NRDC has filed numerous lawsuits to prevent the implementation of the Trump Administration’s environmental policies. The group even sued the EPA under the Obama Administration too. The NRDC, along with other…
By Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill 2020 is shaping up to be a busy year on the energy and environmental front. The Trump administration is pushing ahead with their broad regulatory rollback, while on Capitol Hill House Democrats are looking to pass legislation on their ambitious clean energy agenda. Hovering over those moves will be the…
A Virginia attorney, Timothy Litzeburg, who worked for the Virginia-based Miller Firm who represented plaintiffs in the first lawsuit against Bayer AG. Bayer acquired Monsanto, Inc. that developed glysophate, the herbicide known in stores as Roundup was recently charged with extortion by federal prosecutors. Litzenburg was part of the team of attorneys who successfully convinced…
By John Kruzel – 11/21/19 – The Hill The Supreme Court on Friday will consider whether to take up a prominent climatologist’s defamation suit against a venerated conservative magazine, in a case that pits climate scientists against the free speech rights of global warming skeptics. The dispute between scientist Michael Mann and the National Review…
So far, deaths associated with California’s San Fernando Valley area wildfire has climbed to 3 and, unfortunately, the fire still burns. Thankfully, the fire has moved to areas not occupied by residents which will make controlling and suppressing it easier. However, with the outcry resulting from Pacific Gas and Electric’s decision to cut off power…
The state of California penalizes the state’s utility companies, like Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), by holding them strictly liable resulting from any mishap with the company’s service area. For example, any outbreaks of wildfires resulting from sparks from company power lines hitting each other due to high winds or a tree limb blown into…
According to the Colombia’s Oil and Mining Minister, Maria Fernanda Suarez, her country could be on the verge of an energy and financial crisis. According to Colombia Reports, Colombia’s high court upheld a temporary ban on fracking resulting from a lawsuit an environmentalist lawyer initiated before the Colombian courts last year. After the court’s decision,…
