More funny business from the "most transparent" administration in history.
Bloomberg (2/12/24) reports: "A federal court recently ordered the FERC to disclose a lobbyist's name, highlighting the importance of public access to government information. This decision balances transparency and secrecy, setting a precedent for future FOIA requests and potentially increasing transparency in lobbying activities. A federal court's recent ruling has brought transparency in government operations under the spotlight. The court ordered the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to disclose the name of a lobbyist who met with then-Chairman Richard Glick in May 2022. This decision emphasizes the importance of the public's right to government information, while balancing necessary secrecy. The Institute for Energy Research filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking access to records related to a meeting between the lobbyist and Glick. FERC had previously redacted the lobbyist's name in their response, claiming that revealing it would invade personal privacy. The federal court, however, found that FERC's search for the records and explanations for the redactions were sufficient, except for the omission of the lobbyist's name. The court ruled that the public interest in disclosure outweighed the privacy concerns, given the lobbyist's role in advocating for policy changes...In the ongoing dance between disclosure and secrecy, today's ruling underscores the enduring value of openness in our democracy. It reaffirms the belief that sunlight, as Justice Louis Brandeis once said, is indeed the best disinfectant."
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"Europe drove itself into the ditch. Bad policy decisions, including net-zero delusions, the headlong rush to alt-energy, aggressive decarbonization mandates, and the strategic blunder of relying on Russian natural gas that’s no longer available, are driving the deindustrialization."
– Robert Bryce, Substack
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