Midwest Chick's Place

You may recall that the Environmental Law Institute, which holds classes and seminars to ‘inform’ judges and other legal personnel about environmental matters, has reportedly been skewing the information towards the green agenda and climate change.

Well, the EPA is cutting off their access to officials from the EPA (which lent them legitimacy).

“It is no longer in the Agency’s interest for employees to participate in their official capacity in any conference, program or other event organized by the Environmental Law Institute, including but not limited to ELI’s Climate Judiciary Project,” Fotouhi said in the memo, which was obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News.

The deputy administrator added, “Thus, EPA employees should not accept invitations to or participate in such events, including ELI’s Annual Award Dinner in Washington, D.C., scheduled for October 7, 2025, in their official capacity.”

Of course the institute is also taxpayer funded and almost half of the state attorneys general in the US have signed on to a letter asking the EPA head to stop funding them.

“We write to bring to your attention grants made by EPA to the Environmental Law Institute (‘ELI’),” the letter reads. “According to its 2024 financial statements, ELI received approximately 13% of its revenue in 2023, and 8.4% in 2024, from EPA awards. ELI also apparently still expected to receive funds from the federal government; its financial statement warned that the collectability of federal grant funds ‘is subject to significant uncertainty related to collectability and continual funding due to (the federal grant) funding freeze or other federal actions.’”

One does wonder from whence the rest of their funding originates….

Additionally:

“The Environmental Law Institute has claimed neutrality, yet documents suggest coordination with plaintiffs’ counsel who stand to profit from the outcomes. If the same lawyers suing energy companies are shaping the studies and educating the judges, that is not justice; it is manipulation. Congress is right to dig deeper, and the American Energy Institute is proud to support that effort.” –

@ISAACforEnergy

As far as mission creep and inherent corruption via revolving door policies, the EPA, CDC, and FDA are running neck-in-neck. It looks like the EPA is starting to get a handle on it through these actions.