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In tonight s regulation nation report possible not so funny business involving president obama s push to radically change the way america gets its energy. correspondent doug mcelway is live in our d.c. bureau good evening, doug. good evening, bret. fox news has obtained numerous e-mails that appear to show collusion in drafting the clean power rule. the energy and environment legal institute which filed a lawsuit to obtain these e-mails believes the collusion is illegal. we have a process under our laws very specific very precise, detailing how agencies are allowed to write what is in effect law. you are not permitted to write rules in the back room with your buddy or on yahoo! accounts with your buddy. reporter: in one e-mail sierra club lobbyist jokes to ....
In tonight s regulation nation report possible not so funny business involving president obama s push to radically change the way america gets its energy. correspondent doug mcelway is live in our d.c. bureau good evening, doug. good evening, bret. fox news has obtained numerous e-mails that appear to show collusion in drafting the clean power rule. the energy and environment legal institute which filed a lawsuit to obtain these e-mails believes the collusion is illegal. we have a process under our laws very specific very precise, detailing how agencies are allowed to write what is in effect law. you are not permitted to write rules in the back room with your buddy or on yahoo! accounts with your buddy. reporter: in one e-mail sierra club lobbyist jokes to two senior epa executives ....
Concerning jena mccarthy s speech in which she said coal will continue to provide more americans security than any other fuel source in 2035. they all knew this was a lie. they were saying what they thought they would have to say just to get by. reporter: in another memo an epa staffer writes a colleague is it possible for you all to put together a short summary of the arguments that the sierra club made on why greenhouse gasses are currently regulated under the clean air act? jena would like to get a copy. in yet another, a sierra club lobbyist writes how epa can craft a standard that no coal-fired plant can meet while an epa lawyer responds on his yahoo! account saying attached is a memo i didn t want to send in public. epa administrator said they reached out to a full spectrum to craft the clean power rule. you know how i know we got this rule right? because we listened. ....